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AXA inks $20 billion deal, pivots insurance business strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... total consideration of $19.7 billion, to be paid in cash. AXA offered US$57.60 for each XL share, a 33% premium on the company's closing price on 2 March 2018. AXA chief executive Thomas Buberl described the transaction as a strategic opportunity for ...

Acorns launches its own super product

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... Australia restructured its ownership, with original US developer Acorns Grow now holding a minority stake in the local company. Acorns Grow Australia is now majority-owned by Instreet Investment, who will re-brand the business over the next few months. ...

Australian Ethical Investment executive departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... officer of superannuation at Australian Ethical Investment has joined a boutique consultancy firm. After nine years with the company, Australian Ethical Investment has confirmed the departure of Meagan Birch, having joined ST Consult as a senior consultant. ...

Hunter Hall veteran launches new business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... compound annual returns generated during his tenure at Hunter Hall. Andaz will not use unit trusts or LICs; instead, the company will focus entirely on separately managed account solutions. Chan said this will give investors certainty and transparency ...

Xero appoints former Microsoft Australia chief

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... Xero leadership team and we have a clearly communicated strategy which we are committed to executing." "Xero is a special company with an extremely important purpose and significant opportunities. I look forward to continuing to work with Rod, the board ...

Private equity firm sells Bravura stake

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... Bravura Solutions before its initial public offering has sold down its remaining stake in the wealth management software company. Ironbridge, which has about $1.5 billion in committed capital drawn from more than 40 global institutional investors, advised ...

SSGA appoints head of Asia-Pacific

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... its Asia-Pacific business. James MacNevin was previously chief operating officer, Asia-Pacific at SSGA. He joined the company in 1994 as Asia-Pacific head of investment operations and then became managing director of SSGA's India business process outsourcing. ...

Equipsuper appoints head of risk

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... three years ago and was a risk manager prior to her promotion. She reported to Synhur and supported the compliance and company secretary functions. Before joining Equip, Parrish worked at LUCRF Super and APRA. Parrish will now report to executive officer ...

Netwealth offloads advice subsidiary

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... health insurance subsidiary, Grand United Corporate Health to nib. According to group managing director Rohan Mead, the company's "substantial company-wide transformation program" incurred significant front-end cost that impacted 1H18 results. The wealth ...

Super funds embrace crowdsourced cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... included commitments from Salesforce Ventures and Paladin Capital Group. Bugcrowd chief executive Ashish Gupta said the company plans to use the new funding to accelerate its go-to-market scale and platform advantage.