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HBOS expands with Whittaker Macnaught purchase

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
HBOS Australia's wealth and insurance arm, St Andrew's Australia, has acquired independently owned Queensland financial planning group Whittaker Macnaught. The acquisition takes St Andrew's funds under management to almost $2 billion with its team of ...

St Andrew's grows in leaps and bounds

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
HBOS Australia's wealth and insurance business St Andrew's Australia reported a 95 per cent increase in revenue with profits up 147 per cent on last year's bottom line. St Andrews also reported funds under management and advice were up 13 per cent annualised ...

HBOS welcomes former Aviva GM on board

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2006
St Andrew's, a part of the HBOS Australia group, has announced the appointment of Paul Northey, Aviva's former general manager - distribution, to the role of director wealth management. Northey will be responsible for managing the financial business ...

Russell reinforces research with new appointment

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2006
Russell Investment Group has filled the newly created position of investment strategist within its Australian investment management and research team, reinforcing its investment capabilities. Former JP Morgan chief economist Andrew Pease will step into ...

Aviva badges deal with HBOS

The insurance and investment arm of HBOS Australia, St Andrews will be using a badged version of Aviva's Navigator investment platform to administer its clients investments. The announcement follows Aviva's recent deal with Infocus securing a $500 million ...

BankWest parent picks up RACV Financial Services

HBOS Australia subsidiary St Andrew's Australia has acquired RACV Financial Services, renaming the group St Andrew's Financial Services (SAFS) will remain the preferred supplier of financial services to RACV members. HBOS Australia is part of the UK ...

Housing finance may have finally risen in March: economists

Housing finance in Australia may have risen in March for the first time in six months, according to some economists, while others expect the nation's overheated property market to have continued to cool. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will ...

CommSec launches company stress test for investors

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2003
Trading house Commonwealth Securities has launched a new company stress test which allows sophisticated and mum and dad investors to assess the real financial health of a company. The Financial Stress Indicator (FSI) was devised by CommSec's quantitative ...

Rate hike expected, more to come: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2003
Australia's central bank is expected to increase interest rates again in February, after a strengthening global and domestic economy sparked an 0.25 percentage point hike today, according to economists. They said the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) ...

RBA to hike rates to 5.25 per cent next week: economists

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2003
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would raise interest rates by another 0.25 per cent next week given the strengthening domestic and global picture, according to economists. The RBA lifted rates by 0.25 per cent to 5.00 per cent on November 5, saying ...