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Technology and mergers threaten insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
One-in-two insurers are experiencing a 'sink-or-swim mentality' in an industry undergoing rapid technological changes and facing the competitive threat of up-and-coming insurtechs. These are the findings from the inaugural insurance industry report ...

Financial services ripe for mergers and acquisitions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... particularly around demergers. Commercial law firm Minter Ellison singled out the sector as one of five industries ripe for mergers and acquisitions, driven by a resurgence in private equity as well as strategic acquirers looking to 'buy growth' in mature ...

Bravura inks deal with $4.7bn insurer

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... first-class back office system is vital to our highly successful strategy of organic growth, business process outsourcing and mergers and consolidations. This important upgrade demonstrates our commitment to service and efficiency to customers and business ...

Asset managers must overhaul operating model: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... business models if they want to compete a decade from now, the report said. Many (76%) asset managers believe the volume of mergers and acquisitions will persist in the next five years, meaning the rise of passive management will force active managers ...

WTW recruits FINEX Australasia lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... Jill Stewart to lead the local division, which brings together experts in financial, executive and professional risks, mergers and acquisitions to enhance WTW's understanding of its clients. Stewart joins from QBE where she is currently national manager ...

JB Financial enters buyout mode

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... of shares in JB Financial at $6.14 per share. RSM became a leading provider of mercantile agency services following the mergers between IDS Group, Advance Group, Ashdale Integrity Solutions, Yates Professional Investigations and Trademark Investigation ...

Collaboration call for SMSF auditing

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... compete with other SMSF auditors. "The market is large, and our SMSF audit industry is disparate," Phipps-Ellis said. "Mergers and acquisitions of SMSF audit practices aren't common, and the new offering provides an alternate way to collaborate and do ...

Distribution reshapes globalisation: Capital Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... pharmaceuticals as one of the latest investment horizons where a strong salesforce and distribution network is driving mergers and acquisitions. The New Perspective Fund received the coveted Morningstar analyst rating of 'Gold' in February and has a ...

Asset management looks different in 2020: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... experience its "largest competitive realignment" over the next three years as the industry continues its increasing rate of mergers and acquisitions. Forty-four M&A deals took place in the first quarter of this year, and an industry consultant expects ...

Board changes at Sandon Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... Jensen with lawyer Peter Velez. Velez has 28 years' experience in corporate law specialising in equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and funds management. He's worked at Freehill Hollingdale and Page (now Herbert Smith Freehills) and most ...