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CBA buys BankWest and St Andrews

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has purchased BankWest and St Andrew's Australia for $2.1 billion. Commonwealth Bank is determined to keep its strong capital position and intends to fund the purchase price by undertaking a $2 billion accelerated ...

GESB announces key hires

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
West Australian super fund GESB hired Fabian Ross as head of wealth management and Martin Hedley as head of strategy. Prior to joining the super fund, Ross spent 18 years at the Commonwealth Bank managing the financial planning division before joining ...

Cash is still king

Despite growing evidence that Australian equities are cheaper due to the credit crisis, there are more fund managers parking their funds in cash today compared to three months ago. Russell's quarterly Australian Investment Manager Outlook (IMO) survey ...

BankWest calls on UK planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
... the sector." To encourage more people to become planners, the company is to embark on an extensive marketing campaign. St Andrew's will provide infrastructure support for all advice models including paraplanning, compliance and training, in an effort ...

BankWest branches into super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... apply online or over the phone. The super fund will be issued by HBOS Australia's insurance and investments division, St Andrew's, and sold through BankWest. BankWest claims Lite Super is 40 per cent cheaper than the average personal superannuation fund ...

That four-letter word

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
Debt is becoming a colossal problem in Australian and we seem to be losing the battle to pay it as defaults across credit card debt, personal loans and mortgages have risen nationally by 35.5 per cent. In their latest study, based on 14million-plus ...

Aussie LPTs top of the pops

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
Investors who put money in Australian listed property nearly three decades ago can quietly pat themselves on the back, with Russell research showing the category outperformed all others over the last 26 years. While the traditional risk/return logic ...

HBOS promotes Aussie chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
HBOS Australia's wealth and insurance arm, St Andrew's Australia, chief executive John Van Der Wielen, has been appointed director of distribution for HBOS' insurance and investment division in the UK as a reward for his work in Australia. Van Der Wielen ...

Smallco grows bigger

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
Small caps specialist Smallco today announced former Macquarie senior analyst Andrew Hokin's appointment as a senior fund manager. Hokin's appointment makes him the fourth member of the company's investment team - unusual, given it manages only $200 ...

Austock adds to award-winning research team

Austock Group today announced the addition of three new analysts to its award winning research team. Former BBY analyst John Bounaccorsi will join as the diversified financial services analyst, while ex-Alliance Bernstein analyst Thomas Hudson joins ...