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SFG growth not affected by FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
SFG Australia has reported a strong half year result, which it says was not affected by the implementation costs of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation. SFG operating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) ...

New SFG service launched to reposition boutiques

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
SFG Australia (SFGA) has launched a business-to-business offering to assist boutique Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) holders with back-end support. The offering from the SFGA-owned Actuate Alliance Services will provide licensee and advice ...

M&A drives SFG double digit growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
Mergers and acquisition activity during recent months have deliveredA double digit earnings growth for SFG Australia. SFG saw a 15% increase on its operating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) to $48.1 million for ...

SFG to look at WHK acquisition after reporting season

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
SFG Australia will revisit a WHK Group acquisition after reporting season, even though it withdrew an initial proposal on May 2013. A SFGA spokesperson told Financial Standard that the company has not completely lost interest on a potential WHK merger ...

WHK renames to Crowe Horwath

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... Securities Exchange (ASX) from WHG to CRH, effective August 2, 2013. The decision comes after WHK rival company SFG Australia started discussions for a potential merger in October 2012. SFG handed a non-binding proposal for a "merger of equals" that ...

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 ...

SFG FUA grow 8% to $11.6bn

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
SFG Australia has reported solid earnings, funds under advice (FUA) and funds under admin growth, half-year results show. Overall net earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose to $22.8 million, up 14% on the same period ...

Valuation drop for WHK if merger falls through: Macquarie

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... fall by as much as 13% if the proposed merger with SFG doesn't go ahead, according to analyst research. On Monday SFG Australia said that it had presented WHK Group's board with a non-biding proposal for a "merger of equals," which valued WHK Group shares ...

SFG mulls merger with WHK

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
SFG Australia has proposed a merger with rival WHK Group, days after it announced that wealth manager Lachlan Partners would be integrated into the company. After discussions began in October 2012, SFG Australia this morning said that a non-binding ...

SFG appoints CIO for Mosaic

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
Zurich Financial Services Australia's former head of investments has joined SFG Australia as chief investment officer of its portfolio construction business. SFG Australia said today that Matthew Drennan, who was executive general manager of investments ...