PRIVATE EQUITY

Financial planning

CC Capital, the last remaining player in the bid to acquire Insignia Financial, is still yet to finalise its offer, the firm has informed the market....

Financial planning

Private equity giant TA Associates has made a strategic investment of an undisclosed sum into a major Australian wealth and investment player....

Funds management

The development of semi-liquid private equity funds is providing an easier way for wealth managers to access the asset class, according to a panel, while firms are substa...

Financial planning

Having peaked at more than 40 per cent growth since the first M&A bid, Insignia Financial shares have returned to earth six months later as the company awaits a final dec...

Funds management

High-net-worth investors and family offices are sustaining the rising demand for private equity investments, Schroders has unpacked, offering less volatility and the pote...

Funds management

Following the recent launch of its Private Equity Secondaries Fund, Coller Capital has made the fund available to investors on several wealth management platforms....

Financial planning

Morningstar believes there is still further to run with the potential takeover of Insignia Financial even with original bidder Bain Capital walking away....

Financial planning

Insignia Financial has announced the status of the two private equity bidders as due diligence comes to an end, with one bidder opting to pull out....

Financial planning

Consulting firm Bain & Company has shared how it believes the wealth management industry can be transformed and three questions firms should consider. ...

Funds management

The global asset manager is launching its second alternatives fund for Australian wealth clients, focusing on private equity investment opportunities....

Financial planning

Private equity players’ rising interest in Australian financial services is driving an uptick in job vacancies as acquirers bring on new staff, leaving sellers to questio...

Funds management

Lonsec and SQM Research have highlighted manager selection as a crucial risk for financial advisers when it comes to private market investments, particularly due to the c...

Financial planning

Having rejected the possibility of an IPO, Mason Stevens’ CEO details why the wealth platform went down the PE route and how it intends to accelerate its growth ambitions...

Financial planning

Rather than taking a controlling approach, the latest generation of overseas private equity deals is helping advice firms to achieve their growth ambitions, three comment...

Financial planning

With Insignia Financial suffering a cyber attack on its Expand platform, this can potentially have a negative impact on the two private equity bids currently in play for ...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

4 weeks ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 3 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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