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Advisers choose definitions over technology

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... products. Doctors and lawyers are also on hand to provide specialist advice. Nick Collett, group executive of advice at Snowball Group, said product definitions come first. "First and foremost that group looks at the quality of the underlying product ...

Officium Capital hires new 'best ideas' manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... fund posted over 8 per cent return, over a six month period to June. Officium Group provides portfolio management to Snowball Group and its planning groups including Western Pacific and Outlook Financial Solutions. The firm has around $360 million in ...

Suncorp names CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
Suncorp has appointed a former top executive at Aviva plc, Patrick Snowball, as its new chief executive, five months after John Mulcahy stepped down from the role. Prior to joining the firm, Snowball worked at Aviva plc for seven years, holding a number ...

Another super buy for Snowball

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Dealer group Snowball has snapped up the corporate super business of Thornton Group - marking the financial services firm's continued buying spree. In an Australian Securities Exchange statement yesterday, Snowball announced it had acquired the corporate ...

CORRECTION: Snowball expands corp super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
Snowball Group has acquired the corporate superannuation business of Hood Sweeney Securities, a move that adds $80 million in funds to the group's existing corporate super funds under advice. The deal does not affect Hood Sweeney Securities Pty Ltd ...

Big Sky to aid BHP staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... Financial Solutions opened in November last year and is 51 per cent owned by Big Sky Credit Union and 49 per cent owned by Snowball. Big Sky Financial Solutions operates under the Outlook Australian Financial Services licence.

Dealer groups bank on strong balance sheets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Key dealer groups Australian Financial Services, The Salisbury Group and Snowball step up to explain their business models after the Storm Financial collapse. While Storm Financial is one of hundreds of dealer groups in the market, its troubles stemming ...

Snowball buys FP and super businesses

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
Snowball has bought Brisbane based financial planning business Money Mentors and an Adelaide based corporate superannuation business adding approximately $180 million in funds under advice (FUA) to the group. Money Mentors will operate under the group's ...

Snowball FUA grows $700m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
Snowball Group's unwavering appetite for merger and acquisition activity remains consistent despite bad market conditions, adding $700 million in funds under advice in the past financial year alone. At yesterday's annual general meeting, Snowball managing ...

Snowball taps mining rich towns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
Snowball financial planning subsidiary, Outlook Financial Solutions and Big Sky Credit Union signed a joint venture agreement to create Big Sky Financial Solutions and tap into the latter firm's cashed up mining and construction members. Big Sky Financial ...