MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Life/Risk
TAL has acquired the remainder of online insurance comparator Lifebroker after holding a small stake in the company for three years. ...
Financial planning
Australasian Wealth Investments (AWI) has entered into a heads of agreement to buy an online business that provides financial services and products to self-directed inves...
Financial planning
AFSL service providers My Dealer Services and Libertas Solutions have partnered to launch a build-your-own-dealer-group type service into the market....
Financial planning
Perpetual has received the final regulatory approval required to proceed with its acquisition of The Trust Company, with the New Zealand Overseas Investment Office granti...
Financial planning
Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey gives approval for Trust acquisition by Perpetual....
Financial planning
Private equity firm takes full control of soon-to-be-unlisted software provider...
Financial planning
Perpetual-Trust merger to create largest trust services provider in the Australian market....
Funds management
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is tipped to rise in 2013, with 10 per cent of fund managers planning to acquire another business in the next five years, a report s...
Financial planning
Trust suitor claims it offers the best long-term value but questions claims about post-merger savings....
Superannuation
Link Group has acquired technology vendor Syncsoft....
Financial planning
Trust continues to recommend Perpetual offer and ends talks with Equity Trustees....
Financial planning
Former ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel says the issues which prompted the Commission to reject NAB’s bid for AXA Asia-Pacific have changed little....
Financial planning
IOOF makes surprise bid to take Trust Company from under the nose of Perpetual. ...
Editorial
IOOF Holdings report a $79.8 million net profit for the year ended 30 June following acquisition growth and improvements in productivity....
Financial planning
OneVue will acquire the unit registry arm of investor services provider Computershare in a move to bolster its position as a provider of outsourced unit registry solution...
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