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Hillross acquires $2.2 billion planning group

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
AMP affiliated planning group Hillross Financial Services has agreed to acquire IRIS Financial Group, winning a competitive process that attracted eight first round offers and saw four parties conduct due diligence. Hillross will provide licensee services ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... Sony and Canon fell as the euro sank against the dollar and yen. Banking shares also fell with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group off 2.93 per cent and Sumitomo Mitsui FG down 2.14 per cent. Shares in Hong Kong closed down more than three per cent as traders ...

Licensee Select new manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
BT Financial Group's Licensee Select said its "unprecedented growth" has resulted in the appointment of former AMP Financial Planning senior to the role of manager, operations and service delivery. Simon Dutton will be responsible for the ongoing delivery ...

Securitor signs up merged planning group

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... Moore Private Wealth, a six strong advisory team with $400 million in assets under management, has signed up to BT Financial Group's Securitor network. The private wealth boutique was created through the merger of Minchin Private Wealth, which had already ...

ANZ Wealth names head of finance

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
ANZ Wealth has secured former BT Financial Group and Westpac heavyweight, John Frechtling, as its head of finance and chief financial officer for OnePath. Frechtling will occupy both roles starting on July 4. Prior to joining ANZ Wealth, Frechtling ...

Masters of Financial Regulation on offer for first time

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... to offer a new master's degree in financial regulation. The tertiary institution has teamed up with Promontory Financial Group to offer the course, said to be a world's first, next year. Professor Kevin Jameson, director of Macquarie University's Applied ...

DKN agrees to support IOOF takeover

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
Financial services provider DKN Financial Group has agreed to an increased takeover offer by IOOF Holdings, subject to independent valuation. IOOF has increased its bid from an indicative offer of 75c per DKN share, which was hotly rejected by major ...

Count says advisers worried about IOOF offer

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... Independent financial advisers may have an issue with institutional ownership under the proposed IOOF takeover of DKN Financial Group, a major shareholder of the takeover target said today. Count Financial chief executive Andrew Gale said regulatory ...

MLC clarifies AXA adviser hunt

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... its salaried and licensee adviser numbers by 11 per cent to 1727 with 113 coming from the acquisition of Meritum Financial Group and 59 coming from new adviser recruitment. Last month, Craig Meller, head of financial planning, AMP, dismissed speculation ...

IOOF moves for 100pc DKN shares

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
IOOF Holdings has moved to dramatically increase its shares in DKN Financial Group from 18.49 per cent interest to 100 per cent for a complete acquisition of the firm. IOOF, which has held shares since DKN listed in 1989, said the relatively illiquid ...