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Buffett insurer partners with IAG

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
Warren Buffett-chaired Berkshire Hathaway has entered a strategic partnership with Insurance Australia Group (IAG). The partnership consists of a ten-year 20% quota share agreement, with Berkshire acquiring roughly 90 million IAG shares (for a total ...

Advice firm acquires $1bn accountancy business

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
Aura Group has acquired a majority stake in Accountable Financial Group (AFG), an accountancy firm with a focus on self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and just under $1 billion in assets under advice. Aura Group managing director Calvin Ng said the acquisition ...

Top bankers get together for pro bono venture

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
Some of Australia's top investment bankers will offer their skills and advice on mergers and acquisitions for the Adara Group, which will use the profits to help improve the lives of women and children in poverty in the developing world. Big names that ...

BTIS makes two senior hires

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
BT Investment Solutions (BTIS) has made two appointments to its leadership team. CBA head of Australian investment strategy Tim Rocks will join as head of market research and strategy. Aside from his main responsibilities, Rocks will also help structure ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... rejected an offer reported as just above $50 a share. LONDON - Europe's equity markets have slumped on the final day of a Group of Seven finance meeting, dominated by festering concerns over Greece and pressure from the US and Japan to resolve the debt ...

Infocus looking to expand advice services

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... Australia and PATRON Financial Advice. They provide financial advice to over 80,000 clients from 116 offices across Australia.A Group funds under advice are more than $4 billion and risk premiums under advice are more than $70 million.

UBS hands wealth management business to senior staff

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... and is selling off the business to existing advisers. Former head of UBS Wealth Management Mike Chisholm, together with a group of senior advisers, has established Crestone Wealth Management with Chisholm as chief executive with immediate effect.A Almost ...

Universities at fossil fuel divestment frontlines

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... investments in coal and tar sands. Although the university said it will not divest from all fossil fuels, it's the latest in a group of academic institutions - including New Zealand's Victoria University, Glasgow University, Syracuse University, Soas ...

SEC and FINRA issue robo warning

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... and Exchanges Commission (SEC) has issued a warning to investors regarding what it calls 'automated investment tools,' a group of web-based tools that include robo-advisers. The warning, prepared by the SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy ...

Nikko partners geopolitical risk specialist

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
Nikko Asset Management has partnered with Eurasia Group to bring the global political risk research and consulting firm's geopolitical risk indicators within Nikko's multi-asset investment management process. Eurasia Group will provide the global investment ...