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IOOF and SFGA union rattles top ranks

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... by a 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 ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... roadblocks 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 ...

IOOF secures strong advice channel with SFGA bid

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... cash component of $100 million in aggregate. It expects that the transaction will deliver 8.3% earnings per share in financial year 2016 and calculates that it could generate pre-tax synergies of approximately $20 million per annum. The proposed acquisition ...

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 ...

SFG to look at WHK acquisition after reporting season

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
SFG Australia will revisit a WHK Group acquisition after reporting season, even though it withdrew an initial proposal on May 2013. A SFGA spokesperson told Financial Standard that the company has not completely lost interest on a potential WHK merger ...

SFG FUA grow 8% to $11.6bn

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
SFG Australia has reported solid earnings, funds under advice (FUA) and funds under admin growth, half-year results show. Overall net earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose to $22.8 million, up 14% on the same period ...

SFG mulls merger with WHK

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
SFG Australia has proposed a merger with rival WHK Group, days after it announced that wealth manager Lachlan Partners would be integrated into the company. After discussions began in October 2012, SFG Australia this morning said that a non-binding ...

SFG appoints CIO for Mosaic

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
Zurich Financial Services Australia's former head of investments has joined SFG Australia as chief investment officer of its portfolio construction business. SFG Australia said today that Matthew Drennan, who was executive general manager of investments ...