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TAL acquires Suncorp Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... follows a strategic review which considered a number of options including additional reinsurance, partnerships and divestment. Suncorp chief executive and managing director Michael Cameron said the sale was the superior option, adding that it will simplify ...

Vicinity Centres partners for $1bn wholesale property fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... securities," Kelley said. In June 2018, Vicinity offloaded $1 billion worth of assets, taking this year's total divestment to $2 billion.

Fossil fuelled Ireland to divest for climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... and peat held via its $14 billion sovereign development fund, the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund. The Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill will now progress to the Seanad - upper chamber - in the coming months and, if passed, will compel the government to ...

Members abandon bank-aligned group insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... businesses for $3.8 billion. In early May, NAB announced to exit the majority of its wealth management operations, including divestment of Australia's largest retail MySuper product. While the bank will continue to service high-net-worth clients ...

$26 billion real estate group shuffles portfolio

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
Vicinity Centres is offloading about $1 billion of sub-regional and neighbourhood shopping centres, with a view to reinvest in opportunities that create better value for security holders. The recent portfolio reshuffle builds on the ASX-listed real ...

ANZ appoints two senior executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
ANZ has chosen the top executive from its wealth division to serve as the bank's deputy chief executive. It is one of two senior appointments announced yesterday. Both positions became open after ANZ's deputy chief executive Graham Hodges announced ...

NAB to divest MLC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
NAB plans to exit the majority of its wealth management operations, including divestment of Australia's largest retail MySuper product. While the bank will continue to service high-net-worth clients via JBWere, it is shedding the rest of its wealth ...

Royal Commission to drive independent advice market: GlobalData

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... a relentless path of horizontal and vertical consolidation, is about to get a strong push towards fragmentation and divestment," Hoevel said. Australia's wealth giants advise on products like superannuation and insurance, that they also sell themselves. ...

ANU to recalibrate divestment policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... of the first university investment funds in Australia to divest from the fossil fuels sector. It first announced its divestment strategy in 2013. The divestment saw them sell down $16 million of their shareholdings in Santos, Oil Search, Iluka Resources ...

Institutions suffer financial adviser drain

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... the same period, ANZ endured considerable speculation as to the future of its wealth business. It culminated in the divestment of four aligned dealer groups, representing 717 advisers, to IOOF. Connect Financial Service Brokers chief executive Paul Tynan ...