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Race among the advice giants: MAX

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... Commonwealth Bank are the formidable trinity of industry consolidators in financial planning, according to the latest mergers and acquisitions report by Rainmaker. Rainmaker Research has collected data on the mergers and acquisitions in the financial ...

IOOF and SFGA union rattles top ranks

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... "IOOF brings scale, management and marketing experience; it puts us in a better position to negotiate," Bedding said. Mergers and acquisitions firm, Forte Asset Solutions managing director Steve Prendeville says "it has been known since late last year ...

Timely market surge for a tough budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... rationales for these strong performances ranging from the return of buy orders of internet and biotech stocks in the US, mergers and acquisitions and purchases of mining stocks in Europe... and expectations of a ratings upgrade in Ireland's credit rating ...

Michael Hintze to join Financial Systems Inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... also accepted a position. She is New York- based and in her 28-year tenure at the bank, has worked around the world on mergers, acquisitions, debt and equity financings and strategic advisory roles for technology, media and telecommunications companies. ...

Smaller funds don't need to merge: legalsuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... freeze." While it was expected that the Stronger Super reforms would force smaller funds to merge, so far the number of mergers has been relatively low.

Westpac appoints deputy CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... regulators, customers and government. At the same time, Coffey will retain his current responsibilities for the strategy and mergers and acquisitions. He will also keep his role as a director of Westpac New Zealand Limited. As a consequence of Coffey's ...

More to Asia than just Chindia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... investors is that their approach to the region is still too fragmented, said Luke Pais, partner of the EY lead advisory mergers and acquisitions practice for ASEAN private equity. Australian corporates and institutional investors have an even more limited ...

Aon creates new financial division

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... implementing the Financial Specialties strategy. Prior to joining Aon in 2011 Richards was senior vice president within AIG's Mergers & Acquisitions and Financial Institutions group. Liz Botha and Stephen Trickey will continue to lead Trade Credit and ...

BT Wrap adds Pengana Asia Special Events Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
... Special Events Fund to its investment offering and it is available to advisers and their clients. The fund invests on mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, capital management initiatives, index changes, earnings surprises, equity-capital ...

Government scraps Labor's annuities reforms

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2013
... governments, and scrap 48. Superannuation measures that will proceed include one providing greater certainty in relation to fund mergers; one that introduces penalties for promoting schemes designed to obtain the illegal release of superannuation benefits ...