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ING snaps up Sentry stake

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
ING Australia has bought a 37.5 per cent shareholding in Sentry Financial Group following last March's partnership deal with the planning firm. ING formed a "strategic partnership" with Sentry early last year, which included an option to take a 37.5 ...

Big Sky to aid BHP staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
Big Sky Financial Solutions plans to provide general and personal financial advice to those members of its parent credit union affected by BHP Billiton mine closures. Paul Evans, Big Sky Financial Solutions director, said the financial planning division ...

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 ...

Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Gung Hay Fat Choy! The English version of Happy New Year has not worked for financial markets so far. Perhaps the Chinese one will. The web says that in Cantonese these words also mean 'may prosperity be with you.' Indeed, may prosperity be with us ...

Embrace the recession: Salt

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
Financial planners should welcome a recession because it weeds out less capable planners and allows solid practices to pick-up market share and grow, according to Bernard Salt, a leading commentator of demographic and consumer trends. Salt said it's ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
"This is a beautiful set of numbers." (Paul Keating). What is? The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report for November of course. But many headlines did not see it that way. Bloomberg headline: Australia Lost 15,600 Jobs, Adding ...

Vanguard on the hiring trail

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
Vanguard Investments Australia has appointed two new regional sales managers and plans to recruit more business development managers (BDMs) to support its growing adviser client base. Vanguard Investments Australia has named its two new regional sales ...

Dragon still on the rise

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
The global financial crisis may have dealt severe blows to many Western economies, but an expert on China predicts the communist country's investment opportunities remain robust despite the forecasted international slowdown. Xisu Wang, principal consultant ...

Snowball FUA grows $700m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
Snowball Group's unwavering appetite for merger and acquisition activity remains consistent despite bad market conditions, adding $700 million in funds under advice in the past financial year alone. At yesterday's annual general meeting, Snowball managing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today after US stocks fell overnight on signs that company profits are being hit by the decline in consumer spending. At 0810 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures ...