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Former boutique firm analyst pleads guilty to insider trading

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... Public Prosecutions is prosecuting the matter. LCC said on its website that it guides boards of directors through "complex mergers and acquisition, and corporate strategy engagements."

UK to consider Australia model for small pension fund mergers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... administration due to economies of scale. The UK's opposition party, Labour, said it would require pension trustees to impose mergers on small pension funds which under-delivered, along the lines of recent Australian legislation.

Paragem FUA reaches $1.9bn after new mergers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
Paragem Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL)'s funds under advice (FUA) has reached $1.9 billion after three practices joined the group between May and June 2013. The practices are all fee-based and look after more than $280 million FUA, which ...

Niche mergers have their benefits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
Niche industry super fund mergers may have gotten some bad publicity, but they needn't be all bad according to NGS Super chief executive Anthony Rodwell-Ball. A recent survey by NGS Super found member satisfaction with the fund was at 84%, following ...

SFG pursues mergers on WHK suspension

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
Financial advice firm SFG Australia (SFGA) is actively pursuing mergers with other accountancy firms, after making the decision to withdraw its proposal with WHK (WHK) Group yesterday. SFGA managing director Tony Fenning told Financial Standard that ...

Centrepoint appoints new chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... that he was responsible for TOWER's financial activities including strategy, investor relations, asset management and mergers and acquisitions. "John's experience in positioning companies for long term sustainable growth and delivering superior financial ...

Homegrown manager bags global award

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... offer an Australian unit trust that provides access for retail investors." The fund has participated in 110 of the 300 mergers and acquisition deals across Australia and Asia over the past 12 months. The annual net performance of the fund since October ...

Don't stop me now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... Eurozone, it's improving eco stats, Warren's purchase of Heinz, it's positive sentiment and all things good. Last night it was mergers and acquisition news that brightened the mood. According to Reuters, "Equity investors have to be encouraged by M&A ...

Two new La Trobe directors

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... district in Australia. He also worked in the Business Acquisition team for the Major Client Group (MCG) specifically on mergers and acquisition transactions.

First State Super tracking well after merger

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... delivering results to members. "We have conducted a very successful merger, and history is littered with unsuccessful mergers," Dwyer told Financial Standard. Dealing with the practicalities of the merger was hard enough, but this was also coupled with ...