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NSW govt to reconsider Pillar privatisation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
The NSW Government is considering the sale of state-owned superannuation member administrator Pillar Administration after a period of poor financial performance. Pillar posted net losses of $2.2 million for the 2011-12 financial year and appears to ...

Elders to axe 10% of workforce

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... footing with a clear focus for the future." The group's financial advice business Elders Rural Services is looking for a buyer and Elders Limited announced the sale process in late 2012. Elders Rural has 226 branches and 327 points of presence across ...

Kenyon Partners renames to Connect Financial

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
Kenyon Partners has changed its name to Connect Financial Service Brokers in a move to better reflect the company's role after a change of ownership. Vinvest Investments purchased Kenyon Partners in 2012. The company was originally founded by Alan Kenyon ...

Delay of execution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
I thought this would happen, but not to happen so soon. Yes Virginia, Wall Street's reaction to the looming war with Syria is playing out according to the script of the 1991 Iraq War and its 2003 sequel. There's the sell orders that comes with the anxiety ...

NAB Wealth flat as bank's profit rises 2%

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... eurozone should improve conditions for UK financial services, improving the chances of NAB being able to finally find a buyer for its UK banks at a reasonable price. He said it might also be possible for NAB to hold on to that business if the recovery ...

Strong US recovery to send bond yields through the roof

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
A faster and stronger-than-expected recovery in the US could send 10-year Treasury yields soaring to 10%, according to Magellan Financial Group chief executive officer and portfolio manager Hamish Douglass. In a presentation to advisers and other clients ...

FoFA could lock advisers into licensees for life

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
The additional Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulations concerning the grandfathering provision could lock advisers into their licensee's dealership for life, consultancy firm Radar Results said. Industry bodies are already lobbying for changes ...

Monster super funds tipped to invest in London property

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013

Kenyon Partners to get new name by October

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
Kenyon Partners is set to rename its business in October, the company's chief executive Paul Tynan has confirmed. Kenyon Partners has submitted four names to the Australian Securities and Investments Committee (ASIC), and will most likely change its ...

ASIC urged to extend 'wet signatures' exemption

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) should consider extending its relief of the need for 'wet signatures' on product disclosure statements (PDS) for the ASX Managed Funds Service (AMFS) to the wider industry to increase access ...