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Funds management

Money Management spoke with two brand consultants to how Perpetual can best rebrand its business as the 138-year name is sold to private equity firm KKR....

Funds management

Perpetual has announced the outcome of a six-month strategic review and discussions with private equity giant KKR regarding its corporate trust and wealth management busi...

Funds management

Perpetual has confirmed it is in exclusive talks with global investment company KKR regarding an acquisition of its corporate trust and wealth management businesses....

Financial planning

Findex has announced private equity firm Mercury Capital will acquire a 40 per cent stake in the company from KKR as it seeks to triple in size in the next five years....

Financial planning

KKR, global investment firm and majority owner of Colonial First State, has launched an education platform for financial advisers to educate them on alternative assets. ...

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has completed its sale of its 55% interest in Colonial First State to private equity firm KKR....

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Superannuation

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co has put in an offer to buy Link’s 44.18% share of PEXA while the firm still explores the possibility of an IPO. ...

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Funds management

Global investment firm, KKR has announced it will close its KKR Asian Fund IV, a US$15 billion fund focused on investments in private equity transactions across the regio...

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People & Products

Anne Ward, chair of Colonial First State and Avanteos Investments, will retire from the board at the end of the year as the Commonwealth Bank looks to sell CFS to KKR....

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Financial planning

The recent changes to MLC’s financial planning licensee arrangements have persuaded some advisers to look at their options....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers are likely to find themselves with fewer choices of investment platforms as the sector appears to be on the brink of a further round of consolidation....

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Financial planning

Global private equity player KKR is about to pick up 55% of Colonial First State from the Commonwealth Bank and, as Mike Taylor writes, it resolves a lot of challenges fo...

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Financial planning

Financial planning and accounting group, CountPlus has received confirmation from the Commonwealth Bank that 35.85% of the company registered to Colonial First State do n...

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