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SFGA shareholders approve IOOF acquisition proposal

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
SFG Australia (SFGA) shareholders have voted in favour of IOOF's Scheme of Arrangement to acquire 100% of ordinary shares in SFGA. SFGA will now seek orders from the Federal Court of Australia for the approval of the Scheme at the second court hearing ...

IOOF set to complete SFGA acquisition in August

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
SFG Australia (SFGA) has made public an explanatory memorandum which outlines the details of the acquisition by IOOF Group and sets the implementation date for August 20, 2014. According to the document, the SFGA shareholders' scheme meeting is scheduled ...

Bridges brings another advice business under IOOF umbrella

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... Services. The buyout announcement came shortly after IOOF made public its intention to acquire independent dealer group SFG Australia A (SFGA). The recent acquisitions are set to position IOOF as one of the biggest players in the financial advice sector ...

Crowe Horwath to announce buyout proposal

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
... a formal proposal or any transaction," the company said at the time. Crowe Horwath was also in buyout talks with SFG Australia (SFGA) in early 2013. However, the group withdrew its initial proposal on May 2013 and said it would revisit the possibility ...

IOOF and SFGA union rattles top ranks

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... merger that will position an independent provider on the front row for the first time in years. IOOF's bid to acquire SFG Australia (SFGA) shows that the trend towards consolidation is alive and well. "What excites me is that we are building a new force ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... that may be blocking the path to infrastructure investment. We also investigate what the merger between IOOF and SFG Australia means for the financial services industry, speak to Platinum's Kerr Neilson about his retail plans and profile Invesco's new ...

SFGA top exec leaves following IOOF bid

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
SFG Australia (SFGA) company secretary and chief financial officer will depart to take up a position with Commonwealth Bank (CBA), only two weeks after IOOF made an offer to acquire SFGA. Linda Fox will start on her new role at CBA on July 11 but will ...

Actuate rebrands, now SFG Alliance Services

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
SFG Australia-owned Actuate Alliance Services has rebranded to become SFG Alliance Services as the group continues to consolidate its brands. SFG Alliance Services provides services for non-aligned Australian financial services license (AFSL) partners. ...

SFG growth not affected by FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
SFG Australia has reported a strong half year result, which it says was not affected by the implementation costs of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation. SFG operating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) ...

New SFG service launched to reposition boutiques

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
SFG Australia (SFGA) has launched a business-to-business offering to assist boutique Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) holders with back-end support. The offering from the SFGA-owned Actuate Alliance Services will provide licensee and advice ...