All M&A articles
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NewsPensions Insurance Corporation Group acquired for £5.7bn
PIC will be held by a single strategic owner for the first time in its 20-year history
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NewsPension funds become embroiled in Italy’s banking M&A battles
Cassa Forense, Enasarco, Enpam and Inarcassa face questions over their stakes in Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Mediobanca, and Banco Popolare Milano (BPM)
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Special ReportWill the asset management industry automatically benefit from consolidation?
Views from the top: Thirteen leading asset managers talked to IPE for the Top 500 Asset Managers Report
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Special ReportEuropean asset management M&A activity surges ahead
Driven by economies of scale and tightening industry cost pressures, more and more European fund managers are on the acquisition trail
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NewsEuropean asset managers favour organic growth over M&A, Morningstar finds
While some market headlines suggest a wave of consolidation, the underlying data tells a more nuanced story
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Opinion PiecesLetter from Australia: why retail super funds are in demand
A three-way battle is currently raging for control of Insignia Financial, the third-largest retail super fund in Australia’s A$4.1trn (€2.5trn) superannuation sector
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NewsPE exits ‘bode well’ for DC pensions market and private market investment
UK government aims to increase pension fund investment in UK private markets
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NewsNorway’s SWF criticises Japan’s new M&A guidelines
NBIM says “unclear” rules around corporate valuations could let boards reject takeover bids without challenge
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Danica Pension sells Norway operation to Storebrand for NOK2bn
Storebrand says strengthening presence in the occupational pensions market for SMEs
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Cardano buys Dutch asset manager Actiam
The acquisition is to provide Cardano with much needed sustainability expertise
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AnalysisAnalysis: Trustee tactics for takeovers
UK merger and acquisition activity is buoyant, with £6.1bn-worth of domestic companies acquired by foreign entities in the first quarter of 2021
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Morrisons trustees warn takeover bids would ‘materially weaken’ schemes
CD&R ‘understands and accepts’ that trustees expect talks about additional security
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Consultants warn pension funds of NN IP on shortlists
Uncertainty about future ownership can still be a reason not to select a firm, consultants say
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KLP posts 0.5% H1 loss, reveals lost €14.3m on sale of DC unit
CEO says fund is “well equipped to face further unrest for a long time”
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Franklin Templeton to acquire Legg Mason, forming $1.5trn manager
EnTrust Global, a Legg Mason affiliate, will repurchase its business
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NewsInvesco to acquire OppenheimerFunds in $5.7bn deal
OppenheimerFunds’ parent company MassMutual to take 15.5% take in Invesco
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Norway's Storebrand buys asset manager Skagen in €170m deal
Transaction will make Storebrand Norway’s largest pension provider and asset manager
