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WA planners reject big dealer groups

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
Many financial planning practices in Western Australia are disillusioned with their institutionally-aligned dealer groups, said Synchron's manager for the state. Independent dealer group Synchron has grown its presence in Western Australia by 50% since ...

Federal election to compound market uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
The Australian election will put the giant mining and banking sectors at risk of regulatory reform while investors are entering a period of heightened uncertainty, according to a recent report from Political Monitor, a political risk research and advisory ...

Premium Wealth eyes-off QLD and WA

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... opportunities are obvious, said Premium CEO, Paul Harding-Davis. "If you think to the future, Queensland and Western Australia are the states that will have a high concentration of high-net-worth individuals," Harding-Davis told Financial Standard this ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... results while Seven West Media and UGL hold annual general meetings. The Australian Resources Conference is on in Western Australia and Reserve Bank of Australia's head of economic analysis Jonathan Kearns and Ray White deputy chairman Sam White speak ...

AFA announces finalists

STAFF REPORTER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... from the state. David Clark of Clark Pacific Financial Services from NSW, Mark Rando of Rando & Associates from Western Australia and Olivia Maragna of Aspire Retire in Queensland complete the stable of finalists. AFA chief Richard Klipin said that the ...

Banks take Bell Group case to High Court

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... longest-running court case is seeking leave to appeal to the High Court. The banks, led by Westpac, lost an appeal in Western Australia's Supreme Court last month on a 2008 ruling that ordered them to pay $1.58 billion to the liquidators of former tycoon ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... cents, or 9.68 per cent, lower at $3.08 after it announced it had sold the power station at its Solomon mine in Western Australia's Pilbara region for $US300 million ($A294.02 million). The sale comes one day after the company announced the deferral ...

WA closures signal mining boom end: Veda

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
Western Australia's economic engine is losing steam while the eastern states appear to have regained economic momentum via new business openings during the past 12 months, according to new insights by data intelligence company, Veda. Veda's latest data ...

Deferred tax impacts IOOF profit

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... of aligned advisers, increases IOOF's fund under administration and provides access to the growth engines of Western Australia and Queensland, said IOOF. IOOF said that its acquisitions during the previous financial year demonstrated its commitment to ...

Synchron appoints state manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
Boutique financial advice licensee, Synchron has named Bernie Fernandes as a new state manager for Western Australia. Prior to his new role, Fernandes was a state manager for Accountancy Insurance and Mortgage Choice in WA, where he successfully restructured ...