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360's plan for Evans Dixon

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021
360 Capital yesterday published details of plans for E&P Financial Group if its takeover attempt succeeds, including restructuring EP1 into two units and replacing its directors. 360 Capital yesterday filed a bidder's statement, following its revised ...

Northern Trust wins First Sentier mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
The $219 billion global manager has appointed Northern Trust for middle-office outsourcing services, after it separated from Commonwealth Bank. First Sentier Investors' middle-office functions were handled by CBA subsidiary Colonial First State ...

SS&C withdraws Link offer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 JAN 2021
Link Group confirmed SS&C has withdrawn its takeover proposal. The SS&C Technology holdings proposal, announced in October 2020, offered $5.65 per share for 100% of Link via a scheme of arrangement, after the original offer of $4.96 was rejected by ...

Challenger to buy industry-fund-owned bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
Challenger will spend $35 million to buy Catholic Super's banking business, in a move that Bell Porter says could have more upside than suggested by the company this morning. Challenger and MyLife MyFinance have entered into an agreement with an expected ...

HUB24 finds new role for Paragem lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
The current managing director of Paragem will be placed into a new role by HUB24 once the sale of the business is complete. Nathan Jacobsen will take on the new role of managing director of Easton Investments commencing at the completion of the sale ...

Chief economist update: Government spending made money, saved money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
The Morrison government has released its Mid-Year Economic Financial Outlook (MYEFO), proving the old saying 'You must spend money to make money' right. This quote, generally attributed to Roman playwright, poet and philosopher Titus Maccius ...

AIA to launch income protection product

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
AIA Australia is launching a more affordable, simplistic income protection product in early 2021. IP CORE pays a monthly benefit for total or partial disability as a result of injury or sickness that satisfies a material and substantial duties definition. ...

Key AMP executive resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
The head of SuperConcepts and AMP Australia's managing director of superannuation, retirement and platforms is leaving the organisation, parent company AMP has confirmed. Lara Bourguignon is the managing director of superannuation, retirement and ...

Magellan launches funds on Chi-X

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
Magellan Financial Group has launched its MFG Core Series and the Magellan Sustainable Fund on Chi-X. The MFG Core series includes three funds: the MFG Core International Fund, the MFG Core ESG Fund and the MFG Core Infrastructure Fund. Magellan said ...

Regulators alert trustees of new obligations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
The financial services and superannuation regulators have expressed their expectations to trustees on the new member outcomes, and product design and distribution obligations. In a letter to trustees co-signed by APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell and ASIC ...