MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Financial planning

After announcing the $32.2 million acquisition of Lachlan Partners late last week, SFG Australia has revealed it is in merger talks with another wealth management firm, W...

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Financial planning

Equity Trustees confirms its bid for Trust Company Limited had followed earlier failed discussions....

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Financial planning

Three Plan B board members have now departed as IOOF's takeover offer progresses to the compulsory stage....

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Editorial

AMP Limited reported a net profit of $383 million for the half year to 30 June 2012, up 11 per cent from the $346 million recorded in the first half of 2011, and added 12...

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Financial planning

Rubik has appointed Wayne Wilson to head up COIN and flagged potential further acquisitions in the Australian market. ...

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Financial planning

Rubik Financial has completed its acquisition of COIN Software from Macquarie's Banking and Financial Services Group....

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Financial planning

Centrepoint Alliance has entered into a conditional agreement to sell its Singaporean financial advice business to Aviva Asia Holdings....

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Financial planning

The push to create scale through superannuation fund mergers is anti-competitive says Club Plus chief executive Paul Cahill....

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Financial planning

The Government has released exposure draft legislation on CGT relief for merging superannuation funds....

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Editorial

Countplus has reported a consolidated net profit after tax of $6.93 million for the half year to 31 December, down 10.7 per cent on the prior corresponding period....

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Financial planning

ANZ has purchased the OptiMix multi-manager business unit from UBS Global Asset Management, the bank has confirmed....

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Financial planning

ANZ has purchased the OptiMix multi-manager business unit from UBS Global Asset Management, the bank has confirmed....

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Financial planning

ipac securities-owned financial planning practice TFS Financial Planning, which has operated in Cairns since 1992, has acquired practices in Atherton and Townsville in no...

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Financial planning

ipac securities-owned financial planning practice TFS Financial Planning, which has operated in Cairns since 1992, has acquired practices in Atherton and Townsville in no...

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Financial planning

Fiducian Financial Services has acquired State Trustees' financial planning business for an undisclosed sum....

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