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King doubles size after buying spree

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
King Financial Services has doubled its size after it acquired two advisory groups with a combined funds under advice (FUA) of $290 million. The Canberra-based company is now one of the largest financial planning firms in the Australian Capital Territory ...

Explorer turns new leaf with Ascalon

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
Boutique manager Ascalon Capital Managers has purchased 40 per cent of Separately Managed Accounts (SMA) provider Explorer Group from First Capital, ending confusion over the firm's stability. The company had been under a cloud following the purchase ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... $14.20. David Jones was unchanged at $5.17. In the telecommunications sector, Telstra gained three cents to $4.40, and Optus-owner Singapore Telecommunications gained two cents to $2.94. In aviation, shares in Qantas added eight cents to $5.66 and Virgin ...

ANZ eyes ING and maybe AMP

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
ANZ has signalled a desire to the Dutch-owned ING Group to move to outright ownership of the ING Australia joint venture, the Herald Sun reported on Saturday. ING, however, has refused to enter negotiations. A fresh attempt by ANZ is likely to close ...

Dixon in three-part expansion push

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
Dixon Advisory joins the big league after it added 22 advisers with $1.5 billion in funds under advice (FUA) to its network, appointed former Bulletin editor Max Walsh to its investment committee and completed a business re-branding. Former ABN AMRO ...

ESS Super to apply UN investment principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
Victorian-based public sector fund ESS Super has joined the ranks of mega super funds AustralianSuper, UniSuper and ARIA when it signed up to the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment. ESS Super chief executive officer David Atkin said ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
... the corporate front, APN News & Media Ltd's interim results are revealed to the market as are quarterly results of Optus owner Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. Cochlear Ltd, Count Financial, JB Hi-Fi Ltd and Leighton Holdings Ltd all report full year ...

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 ...

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 ...

CBA launches $370m IWL offer

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia, owner of leading sharetrading services provider CommSec, is set to buy listed wealth management and broking group IWL for more than $370 million. CBA has entered into a Scheme Implementation Deed to acquire all of ...