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Insignia takeover heats up, Bain Capital ups bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
Bain Capital has re-entered the arena to vie for Insignia Financial, matching CC Capital Partners' $4.30 per share offer. Insignia rejected Bain Capital's bid of $4 per share on December 18, claiming it "does not adequately represent fair value" ...

Platinum AUM inches to $11bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
Platinum Asset Management grew its assets under management (AUM) in the last month of 2024 to end up with $11.1 billion. The fund manager made a net gain of $93 million during the month of December despite experiencing outflows of $289 million. Some ...

Insight Investment names chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
The global asset management company - which houses £665 billion assets under management - has announced the appointment of a new chief executive following Abdallah Nauphal's decision to retire. Raman Srivastava has taken on the role and is based in ...

New tool will streamline regulation: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
The government has released a new tool with the aim to streamline and coordinate regulation in the financial sector. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the tool will help build a more competitive, dynamic and productive economy. "We want to make it simpler ...

Grant Hackett named chief executive of Generation Development Group

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
Generation Development Group has appointed Grant Hackett as chief executive, while a new leader takes charge at Generation Life. Hackett, who will begin in his new role on 1 January 2025, has for the past five years served as Generation Life chief executive. ...

Rest nabs culture leader from Aware

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
Rest Super has recruited two experienced hands to drive the fund's strategic focus on workplace culture and employee experience. Amy Matthews has been appointed general manager of organisational capability & people experience, while Kama Ghosn joins ...

Australian Retirement Trust takes stake in Pattern Energy Group

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
... confident this acquisition will provide strong returns for our members, while supporting our Net Zero 2050 Roadmap." The initiative was announced last year, with ART committing to slash greenhouse gas emissions in its investment portfolio to net zero ...

JBWere partners to launch fixed income funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... environment. "The rigorous investment oversight that comes with all of UBS AM's investment strategies, combined with this initiative's alignment to JBWere's Asset Allocation Framework, offers JBWere clients the confidence that they are investing in a ...

Oaktree completes $240m AZ NGA deal

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... transformation initiatives and continuing to elevate to a high-performance culture." The 'super firm' strategy is an AZ NGA initiative devised at the end of 2023 to consolidate advice businesses in Australia. At the time, Barrett disclosed that 15 firms ...

TAL creates consumer and growth unit

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
TAL Australia has appointed a general manager to lead its newly created consumer and growth team. As head of this new division, Lexie Denby will oversee TAL's direct and advised customer growth initiatives while ensuring its products and services ...