sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . january 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message patersons securities limited type private industry financial services wealth management corporate finance founded 1903 headquarters perth western australia number of locations 11 branches area served australia key people michael manford executive chairman aaron constantine executive director philip schofield executive director products wealth management and related services number of employees 350 2015 1 website www.psl.com.au patersons securities ltd is a financial services firm based in perth western australia with 11 offices throughout australia . james paterson founded the firm in 1903 as an accounting practice and branched into stock trading in 1922 . his 16 year old son colin joined the firm in 1929 and by the start of world war ii was head of what had been renamed james w. paterson and son . colin paterson enlisted in the royal australian air force during world war ii and his sister mary ran the firm during the war . the firm was forced to exit accounting in 1950 but colin used his accounting experience to branch out into investment banking . colin paterson retired in 1977 and soon afterward the firm incorporated as paterson securities . in 1985 it sold a half interest to ord minnett a subsidiary of j.p. morgan and changed its name to paterson ord minnett . under this name it opened offices in outstate western australia in the 1990s . it resumed its old name in 2003 and expanded outside western australia for the first time opening an office in sydney . within a few years it opened offices in canberra and brisbane as well . 2 3 in december 2008 patersons bought perth rival montagu and a few months later bought melbourne based tolhurst the oldest stock brokerage in australia . 4 patersons held the naming rights to subiaco oval the perth area s main sporting facility between 2011 and 2014 inclusive . the naming rights to the stadium were subsequently taken over by real estate company the domain group . 5 references edit about us history timeline company history hawthorne mark . patersons bold takeover bid . the age 2009 01 28 . domain takes over as new naming rights sponsor at subiaco oval . wa today . 2015 02 09 . retrieved 2015 02 09 . external links edit company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title patersons securities & oldid 735363856 categories companies based in perth western australiafinancial services companies of australiacompanies established in 1903hidden categories use dmy dates from may 2014use australian english from may 2014all wikipedia articles written in australian englisharticles lacking reliable references from january 2012all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 august 2016 at 06 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view