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Premium outlines growth strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... accelerating its recruitment strategy. In addition, the dealer group plans to develop a learning and professional development program to provide more succession planning assistance and develop its online stock broking capability. "The pace of change ...

Back to school on finance

BlackRock's chief executive Laurence Fink and his wife Lori have donated US$10 million to UCLA to fund academic research that could help explain the changing world of finance post sub-prime. Fink is an alumnus of UCLA and is currently the chair of UCLA's ...

Browne & Co joins Securitor

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... Securitor group means Browne & Co's financial planning division, BEX, can access the dealer group's business development program, Business Torque and Asgard Wealth Solutions financial planning platform, AdviserNETgain. "Having outsourced our financial ...

CalPERS pumps cash into fund-of-funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... fund-of-funds manager Leading Edge Investment Advisors LLC and Quotient Investors, a manager in CalPERS' Management Development Program (MDP). California's largest pension fund had previously invested $161.5 million in another emerging manager fund-of-funds ...

AMP launches new planner academy

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
AMP Financial Planning has launched two new recruitment, education and placement programs, based at their new Financial Planning Academy in St Leonards, Sydney. The two programs, dubbed Horizons and Planner Pathway, are designed to take prospective ...

Kaplan adapts Finsia teaching model

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
US education company Kaplan has just taken over the teaching division of Finsia and while making a commitment to maintain the group's curriculum and teaching style, changes are also in the wings. Kaplan Australia chief executive Warren Jacobson said ...

Paragem draws two for independent support

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2006
... has partnered with Paragem for the provision of compliance functions and to access Paragem's professional development program. Managing director of Link Financial Services, Ben Kohn, said it was important to bring independent and impartial best practice ...

ING appoints sales manager for employer superannuation drive

... between employer and retail customer. ING has a strong position on both fronts coupled with an extensive product development program and ongoing investment into ING's front-end functionality for advisers, employers and employees. Robert's new role will ...

Paraplanners gain ground

Paraplanning is gaining recognition in the financial planning profession, underpinning the quality of this year's State winners of the paraplanner of the year awards. Paraplanners work alongside financial planners, and can share the same skills or education ...

MetLife on the expansion trail

MetLife has appointed Michael Burke as Head of Business - Institutional Business as part of its plans to become a market leader in the Australian corporate insurance market. Burke previously held a number of senior management positions at CBA's institutional ...