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AMP hands down tech mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
AMP awarded a technology mandate to a global provider in a bid to improve the efficiency of its North platform. SS&C Technologies forged the partnership with AMP to deliver digital and administrative capabilities, promising high levels of automation ...

Biden signs executive order on digital assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order on ensuring the responsible development of digital assets, in a move that has seen the price of Bitcoin jump. Signed overnight, the executive order outlines the first whole-of-government strategy ...

AGL rejects another takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
AGL Energy has rejected another takeover bid offer made by the consortium led by Atlassian's Mike Cannon-Brookes. The $8.25 per share offer "is still well below both the fair value" of the company, the AGL board told the ASX this morning. Cannon-Brookes ...

Value strategy drags Clime's performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... acquired the client register of CHL Bayswater Financial Planning and Mi Wealth Plan, Perth-based firms, for $232,000 in a bid to expand in Western Australia. Meanwhile, Diverger, formerly known as Easton Investments, reported a flat $1.8 million in statutory ...

Cannon-Brookes invests in renewables transition

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... networks and reducing the carbon intensity of the economy is a key focus of the strategy. AGL recently rejected a takeover bid from Cannon-Brookes and Brookfield, saying that the $7.50 offer price undervalued the company. Cannon-Brookes said he wanted ...

Big tech, interest rates dominate reporting season

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... earnings and attractive multiples have been lumped in the same category as bad tech companies, which have seen share prices bid up to historic highs off the back of overly optimistic expectations. J.P. Morgan Asset Management portfolio manager Josh Berelowitz ...

AGL rejects Cannon-Brookes, Brookfield bid

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
ASX listed energy company AGL has rejected a bid from Atlassian founder Mike Cannon-Brookes and Brookfield to take over the company. Brookfield and Cannon-Brookes' family office Grok Ventures partnered on the offer, offering AGL $7.50 per share. The ...

Blackstone agrees $8.9bn deal with Crown

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
Crown has accepted Blackstone's latest takeover bid for the Australian casino giant, totalling $8.9 billion. The US private equity firm is offering $13.10 cash per Crown share, which is around 11% higher than its initial approach for the company ...

ASIC considering more action on Sterling collapse

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
... down its final report in its inquiry into the collapse of the Sterling Income Trust is urging ASIC to take more action in a bid to protect consumers. Speaking at the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services on February 11 ...

AIST, MetLife tackle underinsurance issue

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees have joined forces to raise awareness about the importance of group insurance in a bid to tackle the underinsurance problem. AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck told Financial Standard that this partnership ...