DIVESTMENT

Funds management

The chief executive of Pacific Current Group has told its shareholders that the firm is “flush with cash” after numerous divestments and is planning an estimated $300 mil...

Funds management

Pacific Current noted FY24 was a “transformational year” as it made multiple divestments to create a lower cost structure for the business....

Financial planning

Count has divested its Bentleys WA business for a lower purchase price than initially forecast....

Life/Risk

Commonwealth Bank has announced its divestment of 37.5% equity interest in BoCommLife to MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings has been approved by the China Banking and Insuran...

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Funds management

Westpac is to divest its final 9.5% stake in Pendal as the company looks to “simplify operations”. ...

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Financial planning

IOOF has sold its New Zealand-based IOOF Integral Trust to focus on simplifying the business around its advice-led strategy....

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Funds management

The University of New South Wales Sydney is moving away from investment in fossil fuels by 2025....

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Funds management

OneVue managing director, Connie Mckeage has remained upbeat about the company’s potential despite its Sargon transaction resulting in a $27.089 million loss....

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Funds management

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has announced the completion of the divestment of its global asset management business, Colonial First State Global Asset Management....

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Funds management

An AMP shareholder has called on other shareholders to reject the company chair, David Murray’s, election bid at next month’s AGM, saying that AMP’s decision to divest fr...

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Financial planning

More financial institutions, including a Chinese financier, two European insurers and a French asset manager, joined to restrict coal finance....

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Financial planning

AMP Limited has taken a major step in selling down its life businesses in transactions which will translate to $3.45 billion....

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Financial planning

AMP has moved to float off its New Zealand wealth management business next year to create a standalone wealth management and advice business....

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Life/Risk

The Commonwealth Bank has exited virtually all of its insurance exposures with the sale of 80 per cent of its Indonesian life insurance business....

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Funds management

AMP Capital has completed its $440 million divestment from tobacco securities and become a founding signatory to the Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge....

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