M&A

Financial planning

Financial advice group Wealth Architects has seen a global insurance platform acquire a majority shareholding, the latest in overseas companies taking an active interest ...

Financial planning

The Australian wealth manager is eyeing both inorganic and organic growth opportunities to hit 400 advisers and $100 billion in funds under advice....

Financial planning

Former IOOF chief executive Chris Kelaher has joined Sequoia Financial Group in a consultancy capacity, as a corporate activist targets the licensee....

Financial planning

Three months on from the first Insignia Financial bid from Bain Capital, what developments have taken place and how have the firm’s shareholders benefitted? ...

Funds management

Ares Management is the latest fund manager to enact alternatives M&A, completing the acquisition of the international business of GLP Capital Partners to create a firm wi...

Financial planning

Both Bain Capital and CC Capital have made revised bids for Insignia Financial after completing a period of due diligence....

Financial planning

Financial advice businesses are being urged to create an information memorandum for their practices to ensure they are “sale-ready” at all times amid the current opportun...

Funds management

BlackRock has completed its acquisition of private markets research house and data provider Preqin, having first been announced last July. ...

Funds management

Perpetual CEO Bernard Reilly says there has been “extensive interest” in the firm’s wealth management division following the termination of the KKR deal with Morningstar ...

Funds management

PM Capital’s Global Opportunities Fund has made a binding offer to acquire the two listed investment companies run by Platinum Asset Management. ...

Funds management

Regal Partners has expanded on its decision to walk away from a potential acquisition of Platinum as it shares its full-year results. ...

Funds management

Despite having entered into a scheme of arrangement with Bell Financial Group last week, Selfwealth has opted to now progress with a bid from rival Svava instead....

Financial planning

Large wealth management players are increasingly taking an opportunistic approach to their M&A deals rather than a strategic one, while a fear of missing out is driving s...

Funds management

Following the announcement last week that Selfwealth had formally commenced into a scheme of arrangement with Bell Financial Group, Svava has put forward a binding propos...

Funds management

Selfwealth has provided an update on the status of its scheme implementation deed with Bell Financial Group as well as whether rival bidder Svava remains in the picture. ...

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