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ANZ says no to ING IM acquisition, for now

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
ANZ, which bought ING Australia last month, said right now it is not looking to buy ING Investment Management and the local operations of the ING real estate business which the parent group announced earlier this week will be divested. "ANZ is not interested ...

ING to divest insurance and investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
Dutch banking and insurance giant ING plans to dispose its insurance and investment businesses over the next four years to shore up its balance sheet and repay its government debt. In a company statement released overnight, the group revealed a massive ...

FSP reviews insurer line up

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
Dealer group Financial Services Partners is reviewing its preferred risk carriers - including CommInsure, ING and Tower - through its annual adviser survey. A press statement from the firm noted that FSP's survey looks at the services provided by AIG ...

Arise Chindonesia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
China may be the darling of economic groupies, India the superpower in waiting, but realisation is growing that Indonesia may be their rocket fuel. Regional analysts have been so taken with the possibility that editorials around Asia are now spruiking ...

Perennial recruits investment specialists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
... Perennial's Victorian and South Australian clients. Negri was previously senior BDM servicing financial planners in Vic/Tas at ANZ/ING where he worked for over ten years. Andrew Davies has 20 years experience in funds management covering a range of roles ...

ING outsources research to two firms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
ING Australia is outsourcing its financial product and fund research to two external providers in January as Financial Facts shuts its operations by the end of the year. According to a press statement from ING Australia, the firm recently conducted ...

AIA tops life risk inflows chart

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... increase, at 20.8 per cent, followed by Aviva (18.6 per cent) and CommInsure (16.6 per cent). Rounding up the top seven are ING Australia (15.1 per cent), AMP (13.4 per cent), and National Australia/ MLC (11.4 per cent). According to the research, overall ...

Sentry buys AFG Financial Planning

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... 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 Finance Group Financial Planning, which has over 190 advisers with offices ...

Financial Facts rumoured to close shop

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
ING-backed research house Financial Facts is rumoured to be closing shop following the acquisition of ING's wealth management business by ANZ - a rumour an ING spokesperson has denied. Financial Facts, which provides services to advisers from Tandem ...

Perpetual appoints GM for Aust eq sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... senior business development manager - superannuation and investment solutions. Prior to joining Perpetual, Norris worked with ING Australia and a number of investment firms including AMP, Colonial First State and HSBC. Both appointments are effective ...