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KKR offers $2.6b to acquire MYOB

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... equity juggernaut Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is looking to acquire the remaining shares of accounting and business software company MYOB. The proposal comes after a KKR affiliate bought a 17.6% share in MYOB from Bain Capital at a price of $3.15 per share. ...

Sequoia adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... previously led the Odyssey board between 2002 and 2009, was previously on the investment committee of Huntley Investment Company and is a former group investment manager at ING.

Nikko AM supports climate change agenda

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... asset manager from Asia to support the four areas. President and chief executive of Nikko AM, Takumi Shibata said the company recognises the substantial challenge posed by climate change. "We recognise the substantial challenge that climate change represents ...

Fidelity launches active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... go to the market and ask what is needed," Devoy said. Fidelity had been mulling over the launch for over two years. The company has 11 strategies and mFunds in Australia. "We plan to continue our ASX-listed mFunds as well," Devoy said. "Part of reason ...

Managed accounts provider ramps up tech strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... funds - about $4 billion of which sits in managed accounts. MGP chief executive David Heather said after the merger, the company sought options available to enable it to deliver competitive front-end technology. "With the merged entity having a core ...

AMP defends charging dead clients

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... Commission. According to AMP, it is not inappropriate to charge members life insurance premiums after their death - because the company's policy has always been to refund those premiums upon payment of the customer's life insurance claim. "It is inevitable ...

ASIC appeal convicts former CBA planner

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... financial hardship. The corporate regulator will offer information about available financial counselling services and provide company fee relief to those affected by the drought.

Magellan names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... Douglass and Cairns will work together on the ongoing strategic development of Magellan, the group said in a statement. The company said the changes reflect a considered evolution of Magellan. Douglass said he is delighted Cairns has agreed to take the ...

Freedom drops chief, slashes workforce

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
The chief executive of Freedom Insurance Group has left the company effective immediately and more than half of its workforce is being made redundant. Chief executive Keith Cohen, who has been at the helm for nearly nine years, will be replaced by chief ...

The joys of an independent board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
What value does an independent board of directors add to an investment company? That's a question that directors of top UK investment companies met to answer yesterday. At a conference organised by 86-year old Association of Investment Companies (AIC) ...