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Jarden Strengthens advisory team with Rothschild exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... include Asahi's acquisition of Carlton & United Breweries, CCEP's takeover of Coca-Cola Amatil and most recently, the merger of Chemist Warehouse with Sigma Healthcare. Jarden's recently appointed executive chairman, Aidan Allen, said: "We are thrilled ...

Platinum to lose $1bn mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... absolute returns from the L1 Long Short funds. In an analyst note, Morningstar said some value would be unlocked via a merger, but said it didn't expect any meaningful upside from cross-selling opportunities or for Platinum's funds to necessarily appeal ...

New ACCC chief named

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has appointed Sarah Proudfoot as chief executive. Despite also conducting an external search, Proudfoot started with the ACCC in 2005 when she joined the agency's Infocentre. She has since held ...

First Sentier Investors names chief financial officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
First Sentier Investors has announced the appointment of Ashley Conn as chief financial and strategy officer, effective late May. Conn will be based in Sydney and brings 25 years' experience of finance and investment banking to the role. Conn joins ...

Platinum merger no cure for active managers' challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
A merger between Platinum Asset Management and L1 Capital may deliver scale, but it won't resolve the deeper structural issues dogging traditional active managers, including fee pressure and market share loss to passive investment vehicles like ETFs ...

Aware Super on hunt for new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... commenced. Graham has served as chief investment officer for 12 years, including four years at First State Super before the merger with VicSuper to create Aware Super. Prior, he was chief investment officer of StatePlus, which was rebranded in 2015 from ...

Platinum mulls L1 Capital merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... accretion for shareholders, it added. "L1 Capital is a first-class manager with a strong investment track record. The potential merger provides an attractive opportunity to combine expertise and resources, and we will continue to explore if it's ...

Smaller super funds unfairly burdened by regulatory levy model: CPA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
Members of small and medium-sized super funds have become "collateral damage" in an imperfect regulatory funding model, CPA Australia says, in response to Treasury's proposed levy changes for 2025-26. CPA Australia superannuation lead Richard Webb said ...

Acenda forms innovation function to create new insurance propositions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
Acenda, created pending the merger of MLC Life Insurance and Resolution Life Australasia, has formed an innovation function led by a Suncorp veteran. Acenda said the new division will initially focus on supporting the development of new insurance propositions ...

ASX launches review into shareholder approvals

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has launched a review into listing rules related to shareholder approval requirements, particularly when it comes to mergers and acquisitions. The ASX said due to "heightened investor interest" around the James ...