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Boot camp for ING sales staff

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
ING Australia has launched a new training program to identify, train, and develop aspiring sales staff in an effort to grow the company's product awareness among consumers. The Business Development Associate (BDA) program will be implemented across ...

Yellow Brick Road leads to Calliva

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
Advice and investment management company, Yellow Brick Road, has begun its spending spree purchasing financial planning firm Calliva Wealth. Sean Aylmer, head of communications and research at Yellow Brick Road, said the company has spent the last six ...

Lonsec advice pays off: Mercer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
A series of Mercer multi-manager funds have been upgraded from 'recommended' to 'highly recommended' by Lonsec after the Mercer team went back to the drawing board to adopt some of the researcher's feedback. Mercer's Income Plus, Growth Plus, Shares ...

Bank downgraded in $8.2b scam

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
One of Europe's biggest banks, France's Societe Generale (SG), is left fighting for its reputation following $8.2 billion in losses from fraudulent dealings, a crisis which won't help its wealth management arm already under pressure in the current markets. ...

Murder on super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
Investors who took advantage of the $1 million super window prior to June 30 last year have been left limping following the recent spate of share market fallout, according to Adrian Raftery, chief executive of accountantsRus. Investors were believed ...

US titans fall, Australia will rise

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
How the mighty have fallen. From Merrill Lynch to JPMorgan Chase, the world's investment banking stalwarts have all shed blood from the US sub-prime scalping - but Australian fund managers are weathering the storm. Last week, Merrill Lynch reported ...

Rainmaker merges with MC Marketing Concepts

Wealth management industry research, media and communications group Rainmaker has merged with financial services strategic marketing company MC Marketing Concepts. The Rainmaker Group, which publishes Financial Standard, marks the start of the year ...

Financial sector holds gains: Suncorp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The financial sector will be the focus of Suncorp's fixed income team this year, according to the group's head of credit Peter Scobie. "There is no doubt the financial sector is under some stress and strain because they've been holding onto some assets ...

VFMC boosts inhouse investments by 25pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) chief investment officer, Leo de Bever, delivers on the strategy he outlined a year ago after the fund's allocation to external fund managers falls from 100 per cent before he joined to almost 75 per cent ...

City Pacific withdraws MFS offer

Diversified financial services group City Pacific has backed out of a proposed merger with MFS shortly after MFS announced the demerger of its two businesses. City Pacific said in ASX statement this morning that the group informed MFS chief Michael ...