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Merged planning groups plot Snowball effect

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... we are," said McDonald. The acquisition trail is unlikely to stop here with both firms eager to welcome fresh talent on board at the earliest opportunity, with many advisers looking to build scale. "Once we're on top of integrating the two businesses ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... provider Foxtel has made a bid for Austar United Communications, valuing the target company at $1.93 billion, which Austar's board says is appropriate for a change of control transaction. Foxtel offered $1.52 in cash for the regional operator, compared ...

Genworth Financial names Aust director

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... head, Tony Gill, has moved to Genworth Financial to fill the gap left by Grant Robson as new independent director of its board in Australia. Gill, who was most recently group head, banking and securitisation at Macquarie Group, has some 25 years experience ...

Planners chance to get involved

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... membership, communications and marketing, education and services, to name a few. Matthew Rowe, chairman of the FPA, said the board redesigned the committee structure to align committee activity with the strategic priorities of member engagement and professionalism. ...

Bravura's new CEO eyes Aus wealth market

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... organic and acquisitive growth phase. Klim, who has over 25 years of experience in financial services, including a number of board positions with private and listed companies, starts immediately. "Tony has built strong relationships with our major blue ...

JBWere new chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... experience in the wealth management markets includes his current roles as executive finance director, chief financial and board member at NAB, with previous roles of chief financial officer and head of strategy and mergers and acquisitions for Citigroup's ...

Profits fly high on planes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... cent, and were expected to increase. Colin Storey, the former chief financial officer of Qantas, sits on IGAF's investment board, ensuring a keen analytical eye scrutinizes every deal. He told Financial Standard that high oil prices were not necessarily ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... employment, where 49,100 jobs vanished? Not a nice sight, isn't it? Even more ugly was the sight of the RBA - in its May Board meeting minutes - telling us, Australians all, that "higher interest rates were likely to be required at some point." Next ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
The Australian dollar was around a third of a US cent lower, as minutes from the central bank's May board meeting suggested a rate rise was not as imminent as the market was expecting. At 1200 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at 105.49 US cents ...

Apostle Asset builds distrib team

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... don't have a presence with new managers, the appeal for me was that they have a good raft of products with more coming on board." Johnson will work alongside current director of sales, Richard Borysiewicz, to further expand the institutional client base ...