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Platform wedge over pricing

RUTH LIEW | MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008

Platform providers are divided on how unlisted investments should be accounted for and included on platforms but growing investor allocation towards illiquid assets could force the sector to adopt an industry-wide solution. Rick Di Cristoforo, managing ...

Top platforms give Basis investors helping hand

RUTH LIEW | WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008

Seven of the industry's leading wealth management providers have teamed up to establish a good will fund for embattled Basis Capital investors. The IFSA Basis Capital Working Group, made up of Asgard, BT Financial Group, Synergy Capital Management ...

Introducing the Burnie Pub PDS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008

The government moves to scrap Latin-like, 100-page product disclosure statements (PDSs) in favour of plain English four-page forms by creating a template to prove it can be done. Today Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law ...

ING taps Ukraine insurance market

MICHAEL HOBBS | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008

ING Group extends its reach in Eastern Europe after receiving approval to provide its life insurance services in the Ukraine. The firm is expected to begin servicing this market from its head office in the country's capital, Kiev, in the first half ...

ING Aus appoints two senior Life Risk execs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008

ING Australia has appointed a new head of product and marketing and head of strategy in Life Risk. Gerard Kerr, formerly head of claims at Asteron will be joining the group as head of product and marketing. He was most recently the chair of IFSA's working ...

Equator Principles still relevant: CFS GAM

MICHAEL HOBBS | MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008

... globally with total project capital costs of more than $10.3 million across all industry sectors. Signatories include ING Group, Credit Suisse Group, HBOS, Westpac Banking Corporation, JPMorgan Chase, ANZ, Rabobank Group, Societe Generale and The Royal ...

ING buys into Turkish pension market

MICHAEL HOBBS | WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008

Global Dutch financial institution ING Group purchased Turkey's first and only voluntary pension fund, Oyak Emeklilik for $180 million to tap into the country's pension market. Previously owned by OYAK Group and established in 2003, Oyak Emeklilik has ...

Planner buying spree tops $17bn

The latest Rainmaker Research reveals more than $17 billion of funds under advice (FUA) has changed ownership in the last six months, resulting in a major reshuffle of the country's top 10 financial planning groups. The largest deal to date was AXA's ...

Have coffee, will iShares

MICHAEL HOBBS | MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008

Barclay's Global Investors (BGI) taps into the country's cafA(C) lifestyle to promote its Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, iShares, following a deal with a coffee marketing group. BGI is the first firm to use Eat Media's CafA(C) Domination strategy ...

ING buys Citistreet for $960m

MICHAEL HOBBS | MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008

ING Group has acquired admin services giant Citistreet, owned by Citi and State Street, for a whopping $960 million in cash. Established in 2000, Citistreet was previously half owned each by Citigroup and State Street Corporation. The business provides ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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