The was no major news out of the Assante Corp. conference call this morning.

Assante hosted a conference call this morning to discuss is second quarter results. After detailing the financials, the firm’ chief executive Marty Weinberg and chief financial officer Denis Taillieu discussed the recent management shuffles and other initiatives at the firm.

The question period produced just a single question from GMP’s Tim Lazaris. Lazaris asked whether Assante would be further simplifying its share structure, having already abandoned the dual-voting structure. Weinberg confirmed that the firm does indeed have plans to do that, resolving some of the other classes of shares that remain outstanding from various takeover deals.

Weinberg noted that the firm’s EBITDA has slipped in response to reduced redemption fees, but he refused to give forecasts for the coming year. He did invite anyone interested to attend the firm’s annual meeting in June.