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No let up in ING asset sales

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
ING Australia has built itself into one of the best financial brands in Australia but that is the last thing on the minds of ING's European head office battling to repay their $40 billion in government bail-out debt as fast as they can. The pressure ...

Decimal updates online super advice system

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
Decimal has updated its service to superannuation funds looking to provide intra-fund advice using its Smart Calculator, which it believes will allows funds to engage members more effectively. Smart Calculator provides financial scenario generators ...

Gonzalez move a win-win: analyst

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
One of Perpetual's longest serving executives, Emilio Gonzalez, is to take the helm at BT Investment Management, a high profile recruitment that is a coup for BT but could also set the stage for fresh changes at Perpetual, said an analyst. Emilio Gonzalez ...

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 ...

Decimal targets super intra-fund advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
Financial planning software provider, Decimal has teamed up with two super funds to allow the funds to provide intra-fund advice cheaper and more effectively. Jan Kolbusz, managing director at Decimal, said the firm is working with super funds to allow ...

Vision Super banking goes live

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
Members of the $4.2 billion Vision Super can now access their allocated pension funds directly through ATMs and Visa Debit cards with its recently launched banking service. Vision Super teamed up with Cuscal last year to provide the super fund's members ...

Decimal offers $5 financial health check

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
Financial planners can update their clients on the performance of their portfolios in an easy to read format just in time for Christmas after Decimal launched a $5 special 'financial health check' offer until the end of December. The special offer allows ...

eWrap veteran unveils free planning tool

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
The man behind Asgard Wealth Solutions' eWrap, former project director, Jan Kolbusz has resurfaced and developed decimal - a free website that allows financial planners to quickly make a statement of advice (SoA). Managing director of decimal, Kolbusz ...

Adviser goes to jail for $1.5m fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
Perth-based financial adviser Antonio Pisano of Maddington, was yesterday sentenced to four years and eight months imprisonment following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). According to ASIC, Pisano will ...

WHK on buying spree

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
Listed financial services firm WHK Group has snapped up an additional five companies in its latest attempt to expand its operations across Australia. Earlier this week, WHK confirmed it had purchase three accounting firms and two finance broking businesses ...