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ANZ says no to ING IM acquisition, for now

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... government loans much quicker than expected. In Australia, this means ING Investment Management, ING Real Estate and ING Direct will be affected. According to data from Rainmaker Information, ING IM has $60 billion in funds under management while ING ...

ING to divest insurance and investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... insurance and investments operations worldwide. This includes disposing some of the company's crown jewels including ING Direct in the US. (In Australia, ING Direct has also been widely credited for shaking up the retail banking sector and is one of ...

Sentry buys AFG Financial Planning

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
National dealer group Sentry Group has acquired the financial planning arm of Australia's largest mortgage broker, Australian Finance Group - bringing Sentry's funds under advice to $2.2 billion. ING Australia-backed Sentry Group acquired Australia ...

ANZ buys ING Aus for $1.76bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... Once the transaction passes regulatory approval, ING Australia and ING New Zealand will become part of ANZ. However, ING Direct, ING Investment Management (INGIM), ING Wholesale Banking and ING Real Estate are not part of the deal. ANZ chief executive ...

Integrity hires former UBS exec

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
Integrity Investment Management appointed former UBS Global Asset Management director, Aidan Kelleher as key account manager in its distribution team. Kelleher starts his role in a couple of weeks and previously worked as New South Wales regional manager ...

NZ Super takes mandates in-house

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is dropping investment mandates with ING and Smartshares and taking them in-house. The fund announced the changes to improve flexibility, cut costs and is part of the fund's focus on having direct participation in ...

Oasis looks to SMAs and ETFs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
Following adviser feedback, platform provider Oasis Asset Management is looking to add exchange traded funds and separately managed accounts into its platform, while boosting its direct shares offering. Andrew Rawlinson, director of distribution at ...

FSP appoints business development chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
Financial Services Partners has appointed ex-ING Financial Planning managing director Steve Thomson as head of business development. This is a new role created by the planning group. Geoff Rimmer, chief executive of Financial Services Partners, said ...

Bennelong hires Scully for compliance

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
Bennelong Funds Management appointed former ING Investment Management Asia Pacific chief executive and managing director Paul Scully to the firm's compliance committee. Prior to working at ING Investment Management Asia Pacific, Scully worked at Mercantile ...

Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2009

The best of the best in financial services marketing, sales and business development battled it out in this year's Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards, with the winners announced last night at the Shangri-La hotel in Sydney. This year's event gave ...