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Crowe Horwath and Findex in acquisition talks

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... after it signed a process agreement to buy all of its shares. This would be Findex's second acquisition after it bought Centric Wealth in January 2013. The two organisations have signed a process agreement for the period to July 30, 2013, during which ...

Crowe Horwath to announce buyout proposal

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
... equity firm Anchorage Capital Partners. According to the Australian Financial Review, Findex, which recently acquired Centric Wealth, would also be interested on buying the financial planning and accounting group. At the time, company secretary Bruce ...

IOOF and SFGA union rattles top ranks

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... compliance and profitability." Looking at the main three dealer group acquisitions since January 2013 (Lachlan Partners, Centric Wealth and now SFGA), Prendeville sees one feature in common: "All groups had salaried advisers, rather than aligned advisers ...

Kearns steps down as Centric Wealth CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
Phil Kearns has announced he will step down as chief executive of advice group Centric Wealth two months after the company was acquired by fellow non-aligned advice group Findex Australia. Kearns, who joined Centric in June 2011, will be replaced by ...

FPA campaigns for a separation of product and advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... advice we would not only promote an opaque future but would have missed a chance to make historic professional and consumer centric reforms."

FPA appoints former NAB Wealth exec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... positive change. Tom is a 'true believer' in that his professional record and passion for promoting high quality, client-centric financial planning in Australia is unquestioned." Reddacliff said: "Other than medicos, no other profession has a more powerful ...

JANA absorbs MLC IM in NAB restructure

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
MLC Investment Management will be absorbed by JANA in a shake-up designed to create a larger and more powerful investment research, advisory and portfolio management business, NAB has announced. The bank said the combined business will better utilise ...

Gonski questions concept of board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... amounts of money or funds should consider geographic diversity." He said many boards he sits on are Sydney- and Melbourne-centric. He said regional and overseas representation brings "a refreshing and different outlook".

MLC appoints new GM of advice groups

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... Ross will not only strengthen my leadership team but also MLC and NAB Wealth's position in the industry. "Ross is client-centric and is very passionate about improving financial literacy for all Australians and is focussed on improving the significant ...

PROFILE: Centric Wealth CEO Phil Kearns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
Ex-Wallaby captain and chief executive ofA Centric Wealth Phil Kearns tells JamesA Fernyhough that there are more similarities between rugby and financial advice than first meet the eye. For a future Wallabies captain, Phil Kearns' rugby career did ...