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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 ...

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 ...

Finsia appoints interim CEO

... year. He will also have to deal with the complex issues arising from the much-publicised sale of Finsia's education arm to Kaplan. As chief executive officer of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia from 2001 to 2005, he also worked at ...

Finsia members approve sale

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
The sale of the Financial Services Institute of Australia's (Finsia) education arm to Kaplan has been approved by members. In a letter to members Finsia president, Michael Shepherd, said 60.09 per cent of members who voted were in favour of the sale ...

Opposition mounts to Finsia education sale

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
The proposed sale of the Financial Services Institute of Australia's (Finsia) education business to Kaplan is far from a foregone conclusion, according to some practitioners and members. Industry practitioners Giles Gunesekera, Stephen Chambers and ...