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Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
"Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel..." -Dusty Springfield Yes Virginia, the more things change... Here we go again, 'twas another deadline - 15 July - another missed deadline ...

From Greece's frying pan into China's fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
What Greece has started, China's finishing. To be sure, the tragi-comedy that is Greece is far from over, not with crunch time moments ever so foreverly moved - 23 February was the first "this is it moment" for Athens, that became 24 Feb, that became ...

FSC revamps board, policy team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... Limited; Brett Jollie - MD, Aberdeen Asset Management Australia Limited; Damien Mu a^\'CEO of AIA Australia Limited; Annabel Spring - Group Executive, Wealth Management, Commonwealth Bank of Australia; Geoff Summerhayes - CEO Suncorp Life; and, Maria ...

Spring FG adds DomaCom to APL

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
DomaCom has been added to Spring Financial Group's approved product list (APL), which will allow advisers access to its property fund. "The DomaCom Fund is an innovative solution that opens property investing to a wide audience of investors who either ...

Industry reacts to ASIC register update

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... that, saying, 'What if someone's had a falling-out with the boss for personality reasons, and then it ends up being a black mark against their name?' That might not be fair. I think I'd like to see it limited to just providing the information in terms ...

Spring FG acquires robo-advice company

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
Independent licensee Spring FG has acquired Digifi Group, a company specialising in 'robo-advice'. Digifi's websites SharecafA(C) and Sharescene have more than 70,000 members and attract more than 7,000 unique visitors each day. The acquisition more ...

Next stop: US payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
To paraphrase Karen (Carpenter), "there's a kind of hush all over the world overnight". The violent upheaval in the bond and equity markets you, I and Irene witnessed over the past few days appeared to have eased. Perhaps, this is because the selling ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... stability to its shaky finances. Uncertainty about Greece has hung over the International Monetary Fund and World Bank spring meetings this week. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets slumped as investor worries intensified over the plight of Greece and ...

Spring lists on ASX

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
Spring Financial Group has officially listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. According to the ASX, the company raised approximately $4,450,000 in its initial public offering. Spring provides financial planning, wealth management, insurance, superannuation ...

Advice M&A activity set to soar in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... Crowe Horwath. IOOF acquired SFG Australia and CUA Financial Planning, Clearview took over Matrix Planning Solutions and Spring Financial bought Pink Diamond Financial Group and Moneytree Partners Group. At the same time, the reputation of large dealer ...