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Former Treasury Secretary joins NAB Board

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
Dr Ken Henry AC will join the National Australia Bank Board on November 1 as a non-executive director after retiring as Treasury Secretary in March this year. Henry was awarded Companion in the Order of Australia (AC) for services and his work in the ...

UBS installs new property managers after ING deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
Two UBS property funds have been put on hold by Standard & Poor's Fund Services, following managerial changes linked to the acquisition of ING Investment Management. The UBS Global Property Securities Fund and the UBS Property Securities Fund had their ...

UBS retains OptiMix as it closes ING IM deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
UBS Global Asset Management is retaining ownership of multi manager fund-of-funds business OptiMix as it completes its acquisition of ING Investment Management, although ANZ owns its money. UBS closed the acquisition yesterday and a spokesperson told ...

IOOF seals DKN takeover

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
IOOF Holdings has completed its acquisition of DKN Financial Group after gaining approval from the Supreme Court of Victoria. IOOF said in a statement to the ASX that it would now acquire all of the fully paid ordinary shares in DKN that it does not ...

AustralianSuper awards fresh mandates as FUM soars

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
AustralianSuper has already handed out a series of large mandates this year and reached June 30 2011 with over $43 billion in assets under management up from $32.6 billion a year earlier. Fidelity won a $525 million Australian equities mandate in the ...

IOOF takeover receives 99% approval

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
Eligible DKN shareholders have expressed full support for the proposed takeover by IOOF Holdings, voting 99% in favour of the move. In a shareholder meeting to vote on the proposed Scheme of Arrangement, 98.2% of DKN shareholders registered their vote ...

ASIC: Former Bell Potter adviser charged

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
A former Bell Potter Securities employee has been charged with five counts of dishonest conduct involving more than $1.8 million, following an ASIC investigation. Lawson Stuart Donald, 36, worked at the stockbroking firm as a client adviser between ...

Bulls see red

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
A sea of red swamped the world's equity markets - from New York to Rio and old London town - over the past 24 hours. As I've been warning the past few weeks, the global economy is weakening, the odds of another recession has increased and this is sapping ...

Hunter Hall Asian value fund earns three stars

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
Hunter Hall's Asian Value Trust has earned a three star 'NEW' rating from Standard & Poor's, which acknowledged the benchmark unaware qualities of the fund. The Asian Value Trust was launched in February this year with a focus on under researched and ...

INGIM cuts jobs before takeover

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
ING Investment Management is cutting staff numbers in the lead up to its takeover by UBS Asset Management, with estimates at 36 staff cuts to date. Notice of potential job cuts was given back in June when news of the takeover was announced, with the ...