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Hillross acquires $2.2 billion planning group

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
AMP affiliated planning group Hillross Financial Services has agreed to acquire IRIS Financial Group, winning a competitive process that attracted eight first round offers and saw four parties conduct due diligence. Hillross will provide licensee services ...

Hillross social media growth plans

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
Hillross Financial Services plans to build its adviser numbers through acquisitions, start ups and on boarding, adding double digit growth to its 115 firms with social media also to play a big role in promoting the planning brand. Hugh Humphrey, managing ...

Collectible nightmare just an SMSF bad dream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... the blanket ban proposed by the Cooper Review. "Arguing the toss on collectibles is really making a mountain out of a mole hill," he said. "Trustees and their advisers should be happy that they are here to stay - albeit with tighter regulation." The ...

Paragem secures new planning licensee

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
Boutique financial advisory practice PWK Private Wealth Advisers has joined the Paragem Wholesale Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL), taking the dealer group's total assets under advice to $1.3 billion. Paragem now has 13 practices under its ...

Financial services honoured with Queen's favour

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
Members of the Australian financial services industry have received Queen's Birthday honours this year including advisers, super fund heads and regulatory figures. Michael Dwyer, chief executive of First State Super and Fund Executives Association Ltd ...

Dropping home ownership rates leave retirement funding hole

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... grow to 25 per cent in 20 years as unaffordable city house prices prevented many younger people from buying homes. Damian Hill, chief executive of REST Industry Super, said home ownership rates among the under-35s may have fallen to as little as one-in-three ...

Judgment Day bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
By the looks of it all, Harold Camping - the real prophet of doom - stood a better chance predicting a stock market crash this week than "Judgement Day" at 6PM (US time) on 21 May 2011. But you would have done well by your investments if you believed ...

REST announces formal name change

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... largest industry super fund by membership and the range of benefits we offer our members," REST Industry Super CEO, Damian Hill said. "Although our name has changed our commitment to members remains the same - to return all benefits to members and provide ...

ASX eyes merger alternatives

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
The ASX is left to seek other growth options after Treasurer Wayne Swan said that merging with the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) is against the interest of Australia and should be rejected. The Foreign Investment Review Board notified the SGX of Swan's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... an agreement with a Chinese steel manufacturer for the sale of 80 per cent of life of mine production from the Extension Hill mine. Atlas Iron climbed nine cents to $3.79 as it said it was on track to export 1.5 million tonnes of ore in the June 2011 ...