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Cooling property market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... in property prices slowed in four cities -- Sydney (3.0% in Q1 2017 from 5.2% in Q4 2016); Melbourne (3.1% from 5.3%); Brisbane (0 from 2.2%); Adelaide (1.5% from 1.8%); Hobart (3.4% from 4.5%). Residential property prices in Perth declined by 1.0% in ...

Prime Financial Group acquires 35th practice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
Prime Financial Group is growing its Queensland presence with the acquisition of a Brisbane accounting and wealth management firm partly owned by a former National Rugby League player. Securing a 100% shareholding in Altezza Partners, the transaction ...

FPA to quell adviser fears around education

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... financial advisers will be the talking point of the Financial Planning Association of Australia's National Roadshow, hitting Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney this week. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said the education standards continue to be a lively ...

Crowe Horwath managing partner to depart for government role

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... partner, audit and assurance. He went on to hold multiple roles at the firm, including lead partner, audit and assurance for Brisbane and southern Queensland and member of the accounting and audit committee. Before joining, he was chief financial officer ...

NAB sells Asian private wealth arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... Singapore. More than half of the properties are located in Australia with the majority clustered around Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane; properties in the UK, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore make up the rest of the mortgage portfolio. NAB general ...

Private wealth specialist appoints chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... regional practice business manager for BT Magnitude," Stevenson added. Sterling operates three offices in Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, employs nine advisers and 25 support staff and has more than $800 million in funds under advice.

Infrastructure receives $75 billion boost

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... investment," Whiteley commented. The winners Other infrastructure spend highlighted in the Budget include: The Melbourne to Brisbane Inland Rail receiving an additional $8.4 billion; The establishment a $10 billion National Rail Program to fund priority ...

Sunsuper puts adviser trust front and centre

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... financial goals, trust is the game changer according to $40 billion super fund Sunsuper. At an exclusive adviser workshop in Brisbane, Sunsuper's head of advice and retail distribution Anne Fuchs told financial advisers that maintaining a client's trust ...

Investment group takes majority stake in global advice firm

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... investment consortium will acquire a majority stake in international advice network Focus Financial, which recently acquired a Brisbane advice firm with MW Lomax and has expressed further plans for its Australian expansion. In the past, Focus has received ...

Savills IM expands with $90m acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... Australian property assets for the Savills IM Asia Pacific Fund. The assets, Quest East Perth and The Station Oxley in Brisbane, were purchased for about $90 million in total for the firm's open-ended, core/core-plus Asia Pacific Fund. They complement ...