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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.

BTFG launches TV ads to ease investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
BT Financial Group's chief economist, Dr Chris Caton, is appearing on televisions nationwide today with a call for calm in the investor community to prevent rash decisions in light of market uncertainty. The one-off television advertising campaign features ...

St George names new planning heads in strategy push

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... St.George Financial Planning, for the three brands. Prior to joining, Dunn was national CVP director for advice at BT Financial Group. Additionally, Annie Wong has been appointed as head of business operations at St.George Financial Planning, managing ...

Star hire strengthens IOOF adviser drive

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
Diversified financial group IOOF has appointed MLC star platform manager Chris Weldon to head its platform products division as it moves to expand its presence in the financial advisory market. Weldon started work yesterday as the new head of platform ...

BT regroups for market push

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
The reorganised BT Financial Group will go head to head with the newly merged AMP/AXA and focus on its insurance and super products, developing a new platform and adding planners to its advice business. Brad Cooper, chief executive, BT Financial Group ...

Snowball launches advice centre of excellence

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Snowball Financial Group has launched a Best Advice Centre of Excellence, a collection of some of the advice industry's leading minds to hash out ideas and new ways to improve the delivery of advice. The project is part of Snowball's Project Best Advice ...

DKN suffers drop in platform flows

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
DKN Financial Group will announce an 8% annual rise in funds under advice but a 40% drop in platform inflows and an overall company loss of $14 million for the year to June 2011. The loss is due to a $21 million write down of goodwill, in order to reflect ...

Lonsec research head exits for Morningstar

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... Financial Services, Genesys Wealth Advisers, Aon Hewitt Financial Advice, Suncorp Financial Planning, Lonsdale Financial Group, Infocus Money Management, Consultum Financial Advisers, Industry Fund Financial Planning and Capstone Financial Planning. ...

No alarms as Bell profits fall

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
Bell Financial Group attributed a 24% dip in after tax net profit to one-off non-cash losses associated with the disposal of options held within subsidiary Southern Cross Equities. Bell reported unaudited net profit after tax of $6.3 million for the ...

Rainmaker reveals 2011 Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... Winner: Challenger - Future-proof your retirement A, AXA Australia - AXA - North managing risks in retirement A, BT Financial Group - BT Insurance - life lessons A, Challenger - "Real Stories" Best Direct Mail of the Year (Print Division) Winner: CommInsure ...