mergers and acquisitions

Financial planning

Perpetual gets final approval for Trust deal

Perpetual has received the final regulatory approval required to proceed with its acquisition of The Trust Company, with the New Zealand Overseas Investment Office granti...

Financial planning

Perpetual gets nod from Treasurer for Trust deal

Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey gives approval for Trust acquisition by Perpetual....

Financial planning

Bravura shareholders sell business to Ironbridge

Private equity firm takes full control of soon-to-be-unlisted software provider...

Financial planning

Perpetual gets all-clear to acquire Trust

Perpetual-Trust merger to create largest trust services provider in the Australian market....

Funds management

M&A activity set to grow

Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is tipped to rise in 2013, with 10 per cent of fund managers planning to acquire another business in the next five years, a report s...

Financial planning

Equity Trustees extends offer but questions Trust numbers

Trust suitor claims it offers the best long-term value but questions claims about post-merger savings....

Superannuation

Link Group acquires Syncsoft

Link Group has acquired technology vendor Syncsoft....

Financial planning

Trust ends due diligence with Equity Trustees

Trust continues to recommend Perpetual offer and ends talks with Equity Trustees....

Financial planning

Little has changed since ACCC rejected NAB

Former ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel says the issues which prompted the Commission to reject NAB’s bid for AXA Asia-Pacific have changed little....

Financial planning

IOOF seeks to trump Perpetual on Trust

IOOF makes surprise bid to take Trust Company from under the nose of Perpetual. ...

Editorial

IOOF reports strong year after Plan B acquisition

IOOF Holdings report a $79.8 million net profit for the year ended 30 June following acquisition growth and improvements in productivity....

Financial planning

OneVue to acquire Computershare Fund Services

OneVue will acquire the unit registry arm of investor services provider Computershare in a move to bolster its position as a provider of outsourced unit registry solution...