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Rabo planning expands to QLD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... an opportunity to start an RFA Toowoomba branch and boost its presence in Queensland. "We believe the combination of purchasing businesses and organic growth is our best strategy for achieving our goals and we aim to secure similar businesses over the ...

Ascalon buys 50pc stake in Sigrun

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
Ascalon Capital Managers continues its strategy to buy strong financial services firms, after purchasing a 50 per cent equity stake in high conviction investment manager, Sigrun Asset Management. Sigrun is a quant manager that uses behavioural finance ...

Aspen appoints property CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... institutional capital raising added further depth to the firm's distribution team. Established in 2001, Aspen Group focuses on purchasing property assets and the creation of property funds. The firm is a member of the S&P/ASX 300 and more than $1.4 billion ...

Life settlements open to Aussie investors

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
... "Asset Life, through our US structure, has access to large volumes of policies that they can target in order to meet the purchasing parameters of investors," he said.

Cracks appearing in Europe

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... second round effects from wages is quite limited. In that respect, more expensive energy and food are mainly eroding purchasing power and leading to a slowdown of the economy, a development that will wipe out the inflation risks in the longer term." ...

Currency replaces fixed income

... replaced a fixed income manager they had [in their portfolio]," said Davey. "The rationale was that the asset they were purchasing, which was currency, had no correlation or very limited correlation to the other fixed income managers they already had. ...

Skandia extends services to retirees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... 125 fund options, online access via Skandia's AdviserHQ and dollar cost averaging, which reduces market volatility by purchasing units in the investment over time. This product follows the launch of Skandia Global Wholesale Solutions in 2001. Felicity ...

Snowball rolls up three advice practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... diversify." McDonald said the acquisition approach was not the only the way to expand a financial planning business. "Purchasing practices is certainly not the only way to grow. It's tough to get good advisers but we have a strong planning career model ...

Yellow Brick Road leads to Calliva

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
Advice and investment management company, Yellow Brick Road, has begun its spending spree purchasing financial planning firm Calliva Wealth. Sean Aylmer, head of communications and research at Yellow Brick Road, said the company has spent the last six ...

English FX specialist turns local

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... efficient method," said Scott Collins, general manager of Australia for Caxton FX. Financial planners who have clients purchasing shares from overseas will be part of Caxton's target market. The company charges zero commission fees, and believes that ...