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Link rejects takeover offer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
Link Group has concluded the takeover proposal led by Pacific Equity Partners and Carlyle Group materially undervalues the business. The consortium, led by the two private equity firms was offering $5.20 per share via a scheme of arrangement. Link said ...

Consortium eyes Link Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
Two private equity firms are spearheading a takeover of Link Group to acquire 100% of the ASX-listed administrator. The consortium led by Pacific Equity Partners and Carlyle Group is offering $5.20 per share via a scheme of arrangement. Perpetual, which ...

Super reforms modest negative for AMP, IOOF: Credit Suisse

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
Last night's superannuation reforms could be a "modest negative" for AMP, IOOF and Link Group but have no impact on Netwealth and HUB24. The government is proposing to subject all MySuper products to a new APRA-administered annual test from July 2021 ...

Credit Suisse names preferred investment options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
Platforms are the preferred sector exposure, asset managers are inexpensive and Link Group offers the best mid-term value, according to Credit Suisse's Diversified Financial Services Sector review for August 2020. The report reviewed the key operational ...

Link suffers in COVID environment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
Link Group has posted disappointing FY20 results across the board weighed down by tough trading conditions and increased regulatory costs. Compared to last year Link posted a 12% fall in statutory net profit, a 27% fall in operating net profit after ...

HESTA awards three-year mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
HESTA has awarded a three -year mandate to an administrator following a competitive tender process. Link Group has been reappointed to provide the $53 billion super fund with retirement and superannuation solutions. The mandate is for an initial three ...

Link Group hires new chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
An insurance giant's chief executive has snagged the top job at Link Group, as John McMurtrie announces his retirement in early 2021. Vivek Bhatia is currently the Asia Pacific chief executive of $14.8 billion market cap QBE Insurance Group, after being ...

New chief risk officer at Maple-Brown Abbott

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... for six months. Prior to joining Maple-Brown Abbott, McNulty spent over three years working in risk and compliance at Link Group. Maple-Brown Abbott also announced Wendy Cox will be joining the firm in a newly created head of finance and human resources ...

Media Super names chief operating officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... Elise van der Heyde, as chief operating officer ahead of the proposed merger with the Cbus. Van der Heyde joins from Link Group where she was head of product and strategy. She also previously served as a senior change management consultant at Cbus, prior ...

Link feels impact of COVID-19

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
The early release of super scheme has seen more than 5% of the accounts Link Group administers close. It comes as the group rolls out optional pay cuts to its leadership team. In a presentation to the Macquarie Australian Investors Conference yesterday ...