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Centric buys PKF

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
Centric Wealth has made its final pre-listing acquisition, purchasing planner group PKF Financial Services. The company conducts PKF's financial planning business in Sydney and Brisbane and has approximately $400 million in assets under advice across ...

Planners move from vanilla to neapolitan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
An increasing trend for planning groups to add services continues to emerge with ING's Millenium3 purchasing Mawson Group and Lachlan Wealth Management's PMG Group purchasing accountancy business Smith, Peacock and Henshaw (SPH). ING can already draw ...

Canada next on PIS list

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
... the advisory practices in Canada they are not taking equity positions but simply providing support. "The problem with purchasing equity in the practice is it then ties the practice to the company and its products and many accounts quite rightly will ...

Westpac ends senior IT exec hunt

... Westpac's general manager, banking operations. While at the bank, she oversaw back office functions and was involved in purchasing, property and retail support, including operations and technology. She also played a lead role in the post-merger integrations ...

Australia trailing towards the future

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2007
... Normal also pointed out Australian's housing affordability was now at record lows, with the average Australian wage purchasing a mere seven per cent of the Sydney median house price last year, compared with 70 per cent in 1966. Looking to the future ...

Insurance made easier for associations and clubs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) proposal to attack underinsurance. The consultation paper proposes that group purchasing bodies, until now seen as insurance sellers, should be treated as regular consumers, eliminating licensing, registration ...

Fund managers better buyers than sellers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
... explained managing director of Inalytics (Asia Pacific), Amanda Field. According to Inalytics' quantitative analysis, good purchasing decisions can generate 154 basis points of alpha in a typical portfolio. Unfortunately bad selling decisions will cost ...

Direct property is back, but now its global: Macq

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
... rapidly emerging Chinese retail market is a key focus in Macquarie's Asian investment strategy, with Macquarie recently purchasing a A$650 million retail property in China. Local partnerships look set to expand also, further developing established bases ...

Super SA upgrades to insure those working longer

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2007
... members. It covers them for longer periods and offers them greater financial security later in life. It also makes purchasing additional insurance through super even more attractive and cost effective." Super SA's Triple S fund manages more than $4.5 ...

ING to sponsor F1 Renault racing team

... available the price tag is expected to be massive. In addition to the naming rights, ING have also announced they will be purchasing on-track advertising. The move follows a similar naming rights deals between ING and The New York City Marathon, which ...