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ClearView offloads chunk of Centrepoint Alliance stake

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... Wednesday, COG has purchased approximately 39.56 million CAF shares at 33 cents per share from the insurer, using a combination of cash and debt to fund the acquisition. This equates to 19.9% of the business. ClearView said it obtained a 24.5% holding ...

Pacific Current Group wraps up buyout talks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
... "consistently disappointed" with the engagement from PAC. GQG also made a bid, proposing it acquire the business for $11 in cash per share - a 56% premium to PAC's volume-weighted average price. As PAC's largest shareholder, GQG needed approvals ...

Currency hedging solution launched for managed accounts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
... for at least five years. Rochford Capital, the investment manager, charges a management fee of 0.50% plus 20% of the net cash margin. There is no performance fee. "With AUD/USD at historic lows and the US credit rating once again under threat from a ...

COG drops bid for Diverger

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
... current share price of $1.07 per share. The rival bidder, who looked to displace Count's acquisition of Diverger, offered a cash component of $27 million, surpassing Count's offer of $45.3 million by 83%. Count's proposal implied a valuation ...

HUB24 unveils new offering for lower balance clients

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
... automation capabilities to its platform, enabling financial advisers to report on clients' other investments including cash accounts and term deposits, listed securities, managed funds, direct property, and other assets. HUB24 further bolstered its ...

Aussie banks deliver record profits in FY23

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023
... was smaller and cut shorter by intense competition for lending and deposits," said Garland. "Despite a 400bps increase in cash rates from the start of the tightening, margins rose only 11bps for the year as a whole and actually fell 7bps in the second ...

ANZ rakes in $7.4bn profit

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
In its full-year 2023 results, ANZ declared a cash profit of $7.4 billion, up 14% on the previous year. The big four bank said its proposed final dividend for 2023 also increased to 94 cents per share (cps), consisting of an 81 cps dividend partially ...

Insurers drop allocation to risk assets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
... showed particular interest in government bonds and private debt, ranking these as their top two areas of focus. Meanwhile, cash and short-term fixed interest saw the biggest decline, with 23% looking to decrease allocation, followed by global high yield ...

Inflation still too sticky: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
... low unemployment, stimulatory fiscal policy, and government wages policy which is adding to inflation. "The RBA hiked the cash rate in November by 25 basis points to 4.35% as widely expected," the report said. "Our expectation of the RBA's reaction function ...

GQG's PAC acquisition attempt hits snag

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
... Capital imposes its own conditions and a lower offer price. River Capital has undercut the original $11 offer to be paid in cash for very PAC share via a scheme of arrangement as proposed in a letter dated November 7, PAC's board of directors said, adding ...