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Pinnacle delivers 'flawless' half-year performance: Analyst

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... management (FUM) jumping by 55% to $155.4 billion. FUM growth was backed by $6.7 billion of inflows and $27.9 billion in acquisition activity, namely Pacific Asset Management (PAM) and VSS Holdings, and Antipodes' takeover of Maple-Brown Abbott. Excluding ...

Cbus divests renewable asset

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... Capital Territory with a total capacity of 675 MW. Potentia Energy chief executive Werther Esposito said the strategic acquisition affirmed the company's ambitious growth strategy for Australia and support by its shareholders. "We are incredibly ...

Barrenjoey acquires, expands in Hong Kong

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
... shop in Hong Kong, offering Australian and New Zealand equities sales, trading, and research services following the acquisition of a local business. The firm took over Forsyth Barr Asia from its partner Forsyth Barr to make the move possible. Forsyth ...

Westpac names new chief executive of wealth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
Westpac has appointed Paul Fowler to the role of chief executive, business and wealth, to take over the role from the acting chief executive mid-year. Westpac said Fowler is an exceptional leader in financial services and brings a career spanning more ...

Syfe bids for SelfWealth, ups BFG's offer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
... SelfWealth's last close share price of 12 cents as at November 12, which was the day before BFG announced its proposed acquisition. A few days later, AxiCorp Financial Services threw its hat in the ring, offering 23 cents per SelfWealth share, which ...

Resolution Life completes NZ$410m life business transaction

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
Resolution Life's trans-Tasman life insurer, Resolution Life Australasia, has completed the acquisition of Asteron Life New Zealand. The takeover, reported last year by Financial Standard, further cements Resolution Life as the second largest life insurer ...

Workplace expert joins Aware Super in new role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... enhanced experience for Aware Super's 1,400 employees. Jones will be accountable for reward, talent management and acquisition, succession management, performance, learning and capability, employee engagement and people regulatory governance. At ...

AdviceIQ general manager Paul Harding-Davis to retire

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... acquired by Antipodes. He previously served as chief executive of Premium Wealth Management for many years until its acquisition by Australian Unity, where he became head of advice. Before that, he was head of sales and marketing at Australian Ethical ...

Private credit asset manager launches $100m strategic capital fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... mid-market businesses. The fund, which has already closed its first investment of $28.3 million - partially financing the acquisition of an unnamed "prominent resources company" - is an expansion of the private credit firm's Strategic Capital Strategy. ...

Cbus hits $100bn in member assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
Cbus delivered double-digit returns in 2024, helping to propel its members' assets to the $100 billion mark. The default Growth (MySuper) investment option generated returns of 10.77% for 2024. The fund's High Growth investment option, returned ...