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Westpac moves to wholly own Ascalon

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
Westpac Group has bought Kaplan Equity's 50 per cent stake in Ascalon Capital Managers to wholly own the boutique incubator. Westpac Group said it had reached an in-principle agreement with Kaplan Equity in a transaction that is expected to be completed ...

RG146 unveils planning stars

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... award. The award was first created by Australian Unity Investments in 2001 and counts the Financial Planning Association and Kaplan Profession among its sponsors. Pratt completed his Advanced Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning) with RG146TA ...

Kaplan appoints CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Ex-ANZ managing director of corporate banking Neil Shilbury has been appointed chief executive of Kaplan Professional in Australia. Apart from his position as managing direct at ANZ, Shilbury was also previously head of business banking for New South ...

Jacobson departs Kaplan

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
Warren Jacobson, Kaplan Professional Australia chief executive, has resigned from the professional education provider. Jacobson announced his resignation on December 11 which became effective at the end of last year to "explore new opportunities". Kaplan ...

Tough times herald education boom

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
Tough economic times and a tight labour market is a potential windfall for Kaplan Professional as financial service employees' re-skill and set themselves apart from the competition. Warren Jacobson, Kaplan Professional chief executive, said the nature ...

Finance recruiters keen for more

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... is hungry for new blood - spurring some of the biggest names in the industry to embark on a serious recruitment hunt via Kaplan Professional's Financial Services Careers Week. Kaplan officially unveilled its Careers Week yesterday which will go on until ...

Ascalon buys 50pc stake in Sigrun

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... First Samuel, Above The Index Asset Management and Fortuna Funds Management. The firm is co-owned by St.George Bank and Kaplan Equity.

Australia dubbed the educational hub

Kaplan Professional, The Washington Post-owned group that bought Tribeca and Finsia's educational arm last year, has flagged plans to make Australia an "educational hub" in the Asia-Pacific region. While the name Kaplan is little known locally - up ...

Ascalon treads global commodity path

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... Capital Managers are steering their attention to the global commodity sector to maximise investor returns. The St.George and Kaplan Equity Limited co-owned Ascalon has teamed up with absolute return manager H3 Global Advisors Pty Limited to launch the ...

Explorer turns new leaf with Ascalon

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... actually couldn't even afford to buy the other shares." Ascalon, 50 per cent owned by St George Bank and 50 per cent by Kaplan Equity, had previously sought to buy the firm, but were gazumped by First Capital. "Ascalon were in a very strong position ...