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Synchron appoints state manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
Boutique financial advice licensee, Synchron has named Bernie Fernandes as a new state manager for Western Australia. Prior to his new role, Fernandes was a state manager for Accountancy Insurance and Mortgage Choice in WA, where he successfully restructured ...

Plan B continues eastern state expansion

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
West Australian wealth management firm, Plan B Group Holdings, is continuing expansion to the eastern seaboard and fast-tracking its acquisition of the My Adviser planning network. On April 21 last year Plan B announced it would acquire a 33% stake ...

MacMillan wins AFA Adviser of the Year

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
West Australian financial planner, Troy MacMillan, has taken out the top gong at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) annual conference and been named Adviser of the Year for 2011. The award, sponsored by Zurich Financial Services Australia ...

Bond broker targets WA planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... to short term products such as bank bills, term deposits, government and corporate bonds and hybrid securities. "West Australia has the strongest economy in the nation and that is likely to continue with the commodities super-cycle that is underway," ...

AustralianSuper, Westscheme merger completed

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
AustralianSuper has hit $42 billion in funds and 1.8 million members after today officially merging with West Australian super fund, Westscheme, coinciding with its launch of an aviation division. Since announcing plans to merge in February this year ...

West takes east-coast planners

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
West Australian wealth management firm Plan B has begun a friendly takeover of financial planning dealership My Adviser, opening the door to a large network of eastern state advisory businesses. The My Adviser network has 54 advisory firms with 122 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
The Australian market has received a mostly positive set of leads from weekend offshore trading, with Wall Street closing higher and commodities prices ending firmer. At 0805 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was 11 points ...

WA director joins AustralianSuper board

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
AustralianSuper has improved its nationwide representation with the appointment of Simone McGurk, the first West Australian-based director on its trustee board. McGurk, who replaces the retiring Cath Bowtell, is a director of Westscheme, which is set ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... and $600 million of Treasury notes maturing on 9 September 2011. In companies news, Seven Group Holdings Ltd and West Australia Newspapers Holdings Ltd chairman Kerry Stokes was due to speak at a business breakfast in Perth. Meanwhile, Optus chief executive ...

GESB appoints chair

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
John Langoulant is the new chairman of the board at WA-based super fund GESB. The $11.5 billion fund appointed Langoulant, chief executive officer of Oakajee Port & Rail, for a five-year period from March 7, 2011. "Langoulant's extensive government ...