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Advance Asset addresses Boston Co staff departures

It will be business as usual for the team in charge of Advance Asset Management's international shares funds despite the departure of seven key members of Boston Company Asset Management (BCAM), said James Gruver, head of Mellon Global Investments Australia. ...

DKN to wrap up $120m Zurich deal

DKN has announced it will buy Lonsdale Financial and the platform administration services of Zurich Financial, a dual deal that creates a combined business with around $8 billion in funds under advice (FUA). The acquisition is still subject to DKN and ...

Super choice overwhelms women

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
An all-female panel of key industry and government figures told the audience at this year's FEAL National Conference that many women suffer from 'analysis paralysis' due to the number of superannuation products in the market today. Speaking as part ...

BT chief Coombe explains spin-off

BT Financial Group is inundated with CVs after the group outlined plans to partially list its investment management arm, a move that gives all staff members an equity stake in the new company. The group's chief executive Rob Coombe said that resumes ...

Perpetual appoints new head of platforms

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
Perpetual has promoted senior manager of platforms and investments Gai Ferrington to head of platforms for the wealth management arm. Ferrington commenced joined Perpetual 12 months ago after 14 years at ING. She will report directly to chief operating ...

DKN buys stake in UPA

Yet to finalise its deal with Lonsdale Financial Group, DKN continues on with its expansion plan when it bought a minority stake in UPA Financial Solutions. Operating for more than 25 years, UPA brings together accountants, solicitors and business brokers ...

Westpac to list wealth management arm

Westpac has announced plans to partially float the investment management business of its subsidiary BT Financial Group, one of the largest fund managers in the country with $40 billion in assets. The partial float is in relation to BT's investment management ...

The miseducation on research

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
Fallout from recent high profile collapses among property-based investment groups such as Westpoint, Fincorp, ACR and Bridgecorp, and now with Basis Capital, highlights that investors sometimes don't quite understand the role research plays in helping ...

CBA launches new instalment product

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has launched its latest regular instalments product, IYH, giving investors and trustees of Self-Managed Super Funds an opportunity to build their share portfolio without paying for all the securities up front. The IYH release ...

Yes to commissions, no to shelf fees

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
The joint parliamentary committee on corporations and financial services has delivered a 266-page report arguing against the removal of commissions on super products but calling for greater transparency and the removal of shelf fees. Tabled in parliament ...