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Willis Towers Watson buys Aussie broker

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... Capital Advisors (RCA), a specialist mergers and acquisitions broker in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. The acquisition is effective immediately, enhancing WTW's offering to clients in the growing M&A market. RCA will become a fully integrated ...

Boutique manager hires investment banking expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... investment banking at Goldman Sachs for 11 years. He was also a manager at NAB within corporate banking, and leveraged and acquisition finance. MCP also announced three other hires in a bid to expand. Jake Muspratt, Paul Wilkinson and Tim Addison will ...

Australian equity markets remain clean: ASIC

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... deemed suspicious, with these accounts trading profitably on average 5.1% of the volume before each announcement. Acquisition and merger announcements were associated with more suspicious trading than other announcements, as were unscheduled announcements ...

Managed accounts hit milestone

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
... growing group among the big six - increasing its adviser footprint by 14% in the year to March, reflecting its ANZ acquisition.

Schroders acquires majority stake in impact investor

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... stake in Swiss impact investor BlueOrchard Finance. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed, with the acquisition expected to complete in the second half of 2019. Schroders now has access to BlueOrchard's $3.5 billion assets under management. ...

Macquarie asset management business down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
At the Macquarie Group annual general meeting chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake said the group was performing in line with expectations, despite the annuity-style businesses, including Macquarie Asset Management, being down. Addressing the AGM ...

Financial advice firm grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... balance sheet allows the business to make acquisitions with little risk. "And practice principals like Warren know our acquisition process will be very professional, their clients will be in great hands, and their legacy respected," Cook said. "Warren's ...

Radar Results hires Queensland manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... high-quality, they could still attract between 2.5 and 2.7 times recurring revenue. Radar Results also provides merger and acquisition services to accounting practices, and insurance and mortgage broking businesses.

APRA clarifies super fund acquisition process

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
APRA has released further guidance for parties interested in acquiring a stake in superannuation funds. Parties seeking to acquire a 15% holding or more in an RSE must undertake the new application process. The process, APRA said, is consultative and ...

Wealth jobs in demand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
The wealth management labour force is set to continue expanding in the second half of the year according to recruitment firm Hays. Releasing its 2019/20 Salary Guide into Australia's job market, Hays said 47% of wealth management employers surveyed ...