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Equity Story to buy advisory firm Baker Young

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
... to deliver accessible, high-quality wealth services to retail and high-net-worth investors across Australia. This acquisition expands Equity Story's wealth management division, giving it access to full-service retail and high-net-worth investment advice ...

Macquarie divests North America, Europe asset management units to Nomura

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
... alternative funds tailored for US wealth clients. MAM entered the US and European public asset management business via the acquisition of Delaware Investments in 2010, a US mutual funds business established in 1929. It then acquired Waddell & Reed in ...

Warakirri adds kiwifruit aggregation to farmland fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
... vineyards in December 2022. Warakirri Farmland Fund portfolio manager Steve Jarrott noted that the Goulburn Valley acquisition added a "prime horticultural asset" in one of Australia's most productive agricultural areas to the fund. Seeka chief executive ...

Ex-MLC private equity exec joins Melbourne boutique

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
A former director at Temasek and co-head of private equity at MLC Asset Management has popped up as an adviser at a boutique fund that specialises in mid-market commercial real estate debt and equity. Kristian Zimmermann is one of two strategic appointments ...

ANSC's Australian Food & Agriculture takeover tanks

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition Corporation's (ANSC) bid to acquire the Bell family and Alastair Provan-owned Australian Food & Agriculture Company (AFA) for $780 million fell through. Nasdaq-listed ANSC, a special purpose acquisition company ...

PGIM Real Estate names deputy head of APAC

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... have completed close to $33 billion (US$21 billion) in total transactions since its inception, including the recent acquisition of 20 Bridge Street in the Sydney CBD. Fassbender joined the firm in 2002, bringing experience across real estate funds, asset ...

Global investor services group enters Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
Global investor services firm IQ-EQ has entered the Australian market with the acquisition of AMAL Group - a provider of corporate trust, agency services and loan servicing solutions. The strategic acquisition of AMAL Group includes AMAL Asset Management ...

Blue Owl completes local private wealth team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
Blue Owl Capital, one of Wall Street's largest alternative asset managers, continues to add to the local headcount. Not quite nine months after PIMCO's John Valtwies joined Blue Owl as a principal, Larry Francis has come on board from Bentham ...

Count acquires Adelaide advice firm

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... FY23. Although the announcement did not specify any changes to the roster from Johnston Grocke, Count highlighted the acquisition will "significantly" enhance its service offerings and presence in South Australia and delivers a step-change in the advice ...

WTL mergers three advice firms amid joint venture

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
WT Financial Group (WTL) is consolidating three financial advice practices - Titan Financial Planning, Darwin Financial Services and Wealth Connect Financial Services - after announcing its joint venture with Merchant Wealth Partners this week. The ...