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HESTA adds Woodside, Santos to climate watchlist

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
HESTA has notified AGL, Origin, Santos and Woodside that they've been placed on a watchlist under the fund's engagement escalation framework. HESTA has written to the chairs of AGL, Origin, Santos and Woodside informing them the companies were ...

Anchorage Capital buys $46m worth of childcare centres

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022
The private equity firm has purchased Lollipops Educare from New Zealand-based Evolve Education group for $46 million. Under the terms of the agreement, Evolve will sell 100% of the shares in the subsidiary which owns 105 childcare centres across New ...

Link Group acquires HS Pensions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
Link Group has signed an agreement to acquire HS Pensions, expanding its footprint in the UK retirement solutions and pensions sector. HS Pensions delivers an end-to-end pension service and administers pensions for around 370,000 members. When combined ...

Chant West launches platform rankings

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
Chant West has expanded its apple rating scale to investment platforms, launching today with ratings for five platforms. Previously used to assess super and pension funds, Chant West will now use the rating service to review the features, services and ...

ASIC capability review released

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2022
The Financial Regulator Assessment Authority (FRAA) reviewed ASIC and said it's generally effective and capable but there are still some important opportunities to enhance performance. The FRAA released its report, Effectiveness and Capability Review ...

Insignia Financial profits jump 59% to $234.5m

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
Insignia Financial announced its underlying net profit after tax (UNPAT) has increased 59% to $234.5 million in FY22 from $147.8 million last year. The results were driven by the completion of the MLC acquisition in May as well as strong business growth ...

Equity Trustees confirms AET acquisition

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
Equity Trustees has announced it will acquire Insignia Financial's Australian Executor Trustees (AET) for $135 million. Following last week's market speculation, a statement said the acquisition will deliver significant growth for EQT, adding ...

Insignia Financial responds to EQT speculation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2022
Insignia Financial has responded to media speculation that it's in discussions with Equity Trustees (EQT) over the sale of its Australian Executor Trustees (AET) business. In a statement to the ASX, Insignia confirmed discussions are underway but ...

FIIG Securities appoints chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2022
FIIG Securities has appointed Alex Welch as its chief executive, taking over from founder and managing director Jim Stening. Welch will step into the role next Monday week and be based in Sydney while Stening will remain on the FIIG board as a non-executive ...

SVG invests in Australian agtech

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
Silicon Valley agrifood innovation investor SVG is launching a $50 million venture fund in Melbourne to fund local agtech startups. The THRIVE Australia Venture Fund aims grow the agtech startup ecosystem in Victoria and across Australia fast-tracking ...