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Schroders restructures team, appoints investments lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... changing regulatory and market landscape," Hallinan said. "Coinciding with this, Schroders also recently announced the acquisition of River and Mercantile, a UK-based leader in OCIO solutions in the UK Defined Benefit pension market, and we will be able ...

IOOF reveals first results as Insignia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... corresponding period, a gross margin of $778.4 million up 122% including a six-month contribution from Insignia's acquisition of MLC's wealth business. Net profit after tax was reported as $36.2 million for the half year ending 31 December 2021, significantly ...

AIA sells super, investments business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... on its core business of life and health insurance and wellbeing services. AIA came to own the business through its acquisition of CommInsure Life, which was completed last year. It will be transferred to Resolution Life by way of a statutory asset transfer ...

HUB24 continues growth trajectory

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... The platform had net inflows in the period of $6.7 billion. HUB24 said in a statement to the ASX that it expects its acquisition of Class during the period to allow it to provide integrated technology, platform and data for financial advisers and accountants. ...

International hiring spree: Robert Half

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... salary for new recruits from overseas. "Businesses will need to act quickly to establish and implement a global talent acquisition program. Hiring internationally, however, adds another layer of complexity and exposes employers to stiff global competition ...

Charter Hall snags another Bunnings

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... expenditure over the remaining 11-year lease term. Charter Hall Direct chief executive Steven Bennett said that the acquisition of Bunnings Nowra adds to the fund's growing portfolio of high-quality properties with strong tenant covenants. "Bunnings ...

HUB24 completes Class acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
HUB24's acquisition of self-managed super fund technology provider Class has finalised. The platform announced the takeover in October 2021 and folded the technology firm into a new business unit this month. The acquisition saw Class chief executive ...

Blackstone agrees $8.9bn deal with Crown

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... is also nearly a third higher than Crown's share price of $9.90 in mid-November, the day before it received an acquisition proposal from Blackstone pitched at $12.50 a share. Crown chief executive Steve McCann described it as a "compelling offer". ...

Sequoia makes three appointments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... director Garry Cole said. "Our objective is to utilise scale to drive down the cost of providing advice and the recent acquisition and incorporation of Docscentre Legal Pty Ltd (previously known as Topdocs Legal Pty Ltd) is a high-profile confirmation ...

Skill shortages hitting advice firms hard

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
The financial advice sector is facing a shortage of skills, forcing firms to change how they do things to attract talent. Profusion divisional director Chris Gordon said he has observed a skilled staff shortage in advice, particularly for client service ...