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Pepper Money rejects Challenger's bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
Pepper Money has rejected Challenger's "best and final" takeover offer of $2.25 per share after it slashed the offer price from $2.60 per share earlier this month. "Following its consideration of the proposal and consultation with shareholders, the ...

APRA greenlights Insignia Financial takeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... and Consumer Commission. Insignia said its board continues to unanimously recommend shareholders vote in favour of the takeover at the scheme meeting on April 13. Under the deal, CC Capital Partners will pay $3.3 billion for Insignia Financial, giving ...

BNP Paribas AM to turbocharge $2.6tn AUM by 2030

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
Now managing $2.6 trillion for investors following the takeover of AXA IM, BNP Paribas Asset Management is ambitiously looking to bolster assets by another $572 billion over the next four years. Outlining its priorities in the newly released 2030 Strategic ...

Challenger slashes offer price for Pepper Money

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... committee will consider the revised proposal. Pepper Money shares jumped from $1.76 by around 28% following the news of the takeover talks. However, in the last month it saw consistent selling in its shares, dropping the price to $1.80 as of March 17. ...

Sequoia advances InterPrac takeover talks

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
Sequoia Financial Group said it is in "advanced discussions" with an unnamed buyer interested in taking over InterPrac Financial Planning. Updating shareholders on the future of InterPrac, Sequoia said "discussions remain incomplete and there can be ...

Janus Henderson says Victory deal could leave it 'gravely damaged'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2026
Janus Henderson has said the takeover bid by Victory Capital is not a superior proposal to the Trian Fund Management offer and will not be in the best interest of its shareholders. Stating the offer by Victory Capital presented significant consummation ...

Victory Capital makes 'best-of-both-worlds' offer for Janus Henderson

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
Victory Capital, the $323.2 billion NASDAQ listed asset manager, has made another takeover bid for Janus Henderson, providing a higher value offer than Trian Fund Management. Calling it a "best-of-both-worlds" proposal, Victory Capital said Janus Henderson ...

Iress sticks to simplification plan, will consider "bona fide" takeover bids

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... software portfolio, centering it around wealth and trading and market data, while saying it will consider any bona fide takeover proposals consistent with its fiduciary duties. It has reported a profit of $79.3 million in financial year 2025, a decline ...

Super outflows persist but profits up at Insignia Financial

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... business came in at $2.8 billion, up from $0.6 billion last year. Insignia Financial said it has submitted the CC Capital takeover scheme booklet to ASIC and ASX for review.

Rodney Forrest handed prison sentence for $3m insider trading

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
... Forrest secretly accessed the computer of the chair of Regal Partners without permission and photographed confidential takeover documents. He then traded and procured others to trade in Platinum shares before leaking details of the takeover to the media ...