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IFSA names three for industry excellence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
Asteron's Gerard Kerr, Colonial First State Investment's Philip Barlin and QIC's Angela Keane have been awarded the coveted Industry Excellence awards from the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). Kerr, who is head of claims at Asteron ...

DKN to wrap up $120m Zurich deal

... (FUA). The acquisition is still subject to DKN and Lonsdale shareholder approval. But when completed, DKN's chief executive Phil Butterworth, said that shareholders should enjoy immediate benefits through the increase in scale and the expansion of the ...

DKN buys stake in UPA

... financial planning practices to achieve scale through acquisition without having to become part of an institutional group," said Phil Butterworth, DKN's chief executive officer. "Our partners benefit from access to capital, short and long term finance ...

ASFA changes guard

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
Pauline Vamos, former principal of Vamos Consulting, has been appointed new chief executive of ASFA, starting early September 2007. ASFA's membership base made up of industry funds, corporate, public sector and retail funds, service providers and individual ...

Plan B gets growing in New Zealand

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
Recently listed Plan B Holdings has shifted its expansion plans into gear with the announcement of an alliance between its subsidiary Partnership Financial Services and New Zealand-based Polson Higgs Business Advisors. Polson Higgs will provide advice ...

Planners move from vanilla to neapolitan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
An increasing trend for planning groups to add services continues to emerge with ING's Millenium3 purchasing Mawson Group and Lachlan Wealth Management's PMG Group purchasing accountancy business Smith, Peacock and Henshaw (SPH). ING can already draw ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
The Australian share market is expected to fall sharply this morning after the US market took a hammering overnight in what was the worst trading day since 13 March. At 0657 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was down ...

Goldman Sachs JBWere appoints new head of equities

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management (GSJBWAM) has appointed Dion Hershan as its new head of equities. Formerly a part of the Proprietary Trading team, Hershan's move gives him portfolio responsibility for GSJBWAM's fundamental equities funds. Hershan ...

Super contributions jump 42 pct to $114b

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
SimplerSuper has put a rocket underneath total contributions flows with analysts suggesting total inflows could reach $114 billion this year, up a staggering 42 per cent from last year. Ross Clare, director of research for the Association of Super Funds ...

Plan to give: Perpetual

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
Investors are missing out on the benefits of philanthropic giving but planners can help clients by buildnig charitable giving into their financial plans, according to Perpetual's head of philanthropy, David Knowles. Knowles said that up to 95 per cent ...