Listed stockbroking and funds management firm Euroz has offered to buy competitor Hartleys in a scrip deal that would give Hartleys’ current shareholders a 17 per cent stake in the combined group.
Stockbroking firm Hartleys has confirmed it is in advanced merger discussions with listed rival Euroz. If the merger proceeds, it would add to a string of changes among Perth’s top corporate finance dealmakers.
Law firm Slater and Gordon is filing a class action against Commonwealth Bank, alleging that Australia's largest bank sold customers credit card and personal loan insurance that was worthless to them.
Melbourne-based Stephen Targett has become chair-elect of banking group Police & Nurses, after Paul Gabb announced he would retire at the company’s AGM in November 2020.
Australian Finance Group has announced a capital raising to strengthen its financial position ahead of an expected softening of the housing loan market and to support the growth of its subsidiary AFG Securities.
Businesses in the hospitality, tourism and retail sectors are holding out for COVID-19 restrictions to lift, as a majority of turnaround professionals believe these businesses won’t be able to survive more than three months if the shutdown continues.
Westpac has announced it will take a $2.24 billion pre-tax first-half impairment charge, mostly because it expects some of its loan customers won't survive the coronavirus crisis.
Pioneer Credit has started to engage with potential buyers of the business and is also seeking to refinance its $220 million debt, after last week’s collapse of the Carlyle Group takeover.
National Australia Bank's first-half result will be rocked by a $1.14 billion triple hit of extra charges and writedowns even before coronavirus impacts are factored in.
Pioneer Credit has accused its major lender and takeover bidder, US private equity group Carlyle, of trying to either push down its $120 million takeover offer to a very low price or withdraw from the deal altogether.
Stockbroking and funds management group Euroz expects to report a loss of $16 million for the nine months to the end of March but said its trading activity is still profitable and it intends to pay a final dividend.
Small businesses impacted by the coronavirus crisis will be able to defer their loan repayments for six months under a plan put forward by the banking industry.
Euroz has flagged an $8 million hit to its earnings after pulling out of its 80 per cent-owned Prodigy Investment Partners joint venture, which had underperformed in recent years.
Primewest has postponed the spin-out of a new $285 million commercial property trust, citing market volatility, with Macquarie Bank and rent.com.au among other listed companies to change their capital raising plans.
National superannuation giant First State Super and smaller Perth-based fund WA Super have signed a memorandum of understanding to evaluate the benefits of a merger.
HBF is utilising the popularity of quokkas as a symbol of Western Australia and its status as a not-for-profit business as it takes on the big health funds on the east coast.
The Supreme Court has disclosed that company director Russell Moran could have settled his dispute with broking firm Argonaut by paying $2 million; instead he went to trial and has now been ordered to pay in excess of $37 million.
Australian Finance Group has reported a 20 per cent rise in first-half net profit to $17.7 million, sending its shares 10 per cent higher at the market close today.
Finance group Argonaut has won a Supreme Court ruling against Perth company director Russell Moran, who could owe in excess of $30 million after taking out a high-interest loan six years ago to buy
Euroz has reported an unaudited net profit of $8.5 million for the half year to December 2019, reflecting a strong performance by most of its funds management subsidiaries and a solid result from i
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned Wayne Blazejczyk from providing financial services for five years, saying the Perth adviser had failed to meet best interest obligati
The corporate regulator is seeking to wind-up an alleged unregistered managed investment scheme run by Mt Hawthorn resident Chris Marco, who received about $240 million from 132 investors.
West Perth-based Capital Partners Private Wealth Advisors has been announced professional practice of the year by the Financial Planning Association of Australia.
The corporate regulator has strongly criticised company directors and lead managers involved in mining IPOs, saying they often have conflicts of interest, favour select clients and are focused on chasing short-term gains.
Pioneer Credit has named US investment group Carlyle as preferred bidder to acquire the business, at a price of $1.82 per share, a large discount to the company’s latest closing price of $2.46 per share.
Over the course of two decades, Deloitte has overtaken all its major rivals to become the largest accounting and consulting firm in Western Australia, helped by multiple acquisitions.
