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F1 scandal forces ING to dump Renault early

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... Amsterdam. The scandal has tarred what was otherwise considered a very successful sponsorship, one which redefined how wealth management groups can engage with the sporting world. "ING is deeply disappointed at this turn of events, especially in the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... bearish. "We're seeing quite a lot of selling," he said. Eyes were on ANZ's $1.5 billion acquisition of the half of its wealth management joint venture with ING that it doesn't already own. "The market was a little nervous," he said. "It will be interesting ...

Praemium signs on Succession

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... discretionary platform as part of the investment matrix it offers to its member firms. Succession Advisory Services Limited is a wealth management business, providing fund management, financial services consolidation and capital creation for professional ...

ANZ buys ING Aus for $1.76bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
ANZ goes up the ranks of the wealth management and life insurance sectors when it acquired the 51 per cent stake it did not own in a joint venture with ING Group for $1.76 billion - transforming it into a $45 billion fund manager with more than 1,700 ...

AFA announces Adviser of the Year finalists

... executive at Zurich Financial Services Australia, said that the pressures of the unstable global economy have only made wealth and life protection paramount to advisers and their clients, giving even better reason to acknowledge those that excel in their ...

Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... has increased." But consumer spending remains weak because of "ongoing job losses, sluggish income growth, lower housing wealth, and tight credit." And that "inflation will remain subdued for some time." More of the same. The FOMC confirmed that its ...

GIC pockets $1.8 billion from Citi sale

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC has sold half of its 9 per cent stake in Citigroup - a deal that plumped up GIC's coffers with a $1.8 billion (US$1.6 billion) profit. A press statement from GIC, which has over $100 billion in funds under management ...

Money flows lead to Africa

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... surprisingly it is a phenomenon caused by the demise of access to easy financing. At the other end of the spectrum, sovereign wealth funds attained a record FDI high in 2008 - although they too faced challenges caused by falling export earnings in their ...

Premium hires Asia investment specialist

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... Westpac national structured products manager. He had also worked with Westpac Institutional Bank and Macquarie Private Wealth. "With more advisers and clients looking into Asia and specialist investment opportunities, it is prudent for us to have state ...

Spectrum transfers to IOOF fund

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... transferred fully to IOOF and become a division of the IPS fund. The announcement followed the recent merger of Australian Wealth Management and IOOF Holdings. Questor Financial Services is currently the trustee of Spectrum Super. Spectrum Super and ...