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Touchstone acquires Old Mutual assets

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... under management to almost $10 billion. Touchstone Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Western & Southern Financial Group, said the Old Mutual assets would add several new sub-advisers to its roster of fund managers. Most of the 17 Old Mutual funds ...

Snowball chief announces exit plans

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
Tony McDonald, chief executive of transitioning planning firm Snowball Financial Group, will leave the company in 12 months but not before spending the year in a new role where he will ready the merged group for industry reforms. The move is part of ...

IOOF seals DKN takeover

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
IOOF Holdings has completed its acquisition of DKN Financial Group after gaining approval from the Supreme Court of Victoria. IOOF said in a statement to the ASX that it would now acquire all of the fully paid ordinary shares in DKN that it does not ...

Second tranche of FOFA well received: industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... parties but the overall response to FOFA was that there were little surprises and therefore an expected result. BT Financial Group spokesperson, Coran Lill, told Financial Standard yesterday's announcement was in line with the April release. "We support ...

IOOF takeover receives 99% approval

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... cents for each DKN share. The implementation of the scheme is expected to be on Oct 17 this year. In June, DKN Financial Group recommended shareholders accept the offer subject to independent experts concluding that the offer was fair and reasonable ...

Westpac launches virtual planning service

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... which is already in place," said Coombe. Mark Spiers, general manager advice of Westpac's wealth management arm BT Financial Group said the initiative was part of the group's ultimate goal to bring specialist advice to more people. A pilot program has ...

IOOF profits soar despite difficult times

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
Diversified financial group IOOF has reported statutory net profits after tax have risen by 28.4% to $99.5 million in its annual results released today. Chris Kelaher, managing director of IOOF, said it was a very pleasing result and had come despite ...

BTIM names new port specialist

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... relationships with dealer groups, advisers, and fund research. Former senior manager, Strategic Development at BT Financial Group, Dale Pereira has moved into the portfolio specialist role and will work with BTIM's Macro and Income Strategies boutiques. ...

Van Der Wielen heads to UK group Friends Life

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... member including Craig Meller, managing director, AMP Financial Services and Brad Cooper, chief executive, BT Financial Group.

Principal Global Investors UK move

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... October 2011, pending regulatory approval. This is the third acquisition announced this year as part of Principal Financial Group's 2011 capital deployment strategy. The diversified asset management firm currently manages $235 billion in assets.