Foresight acquires WHEB Asset Management
Deal will add almost £800m to the group’s AUM
M&A
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View from the top with Aviva Investors’ Mark Versey
The CEO has helped turn the page for the asset manager, drilling down on its core values of sustainability, inclusivity and scalability
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Natixis IM and Generali Investments merge to create £1.6trn asset manager
The deal, which is expected to close early next year, creates Europe’s second largest asset manager by AUM and largest by revenue
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Competition watchdog halts FNZ acquisition
Tie-up between FNZ and GBST could lead to millions of platform customers facing higher fees and lower quality services
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Are fund manager M&A deals in line for a Covid kick?
Healthy balance sheets and a flexible cost base leave asset managers well placed to weather a downturn
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How has coronavirus changed the financial advice M&A market?
‘Some companies may be dissuaded from selling due to the uncertainty’
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Square Mile acquires Ethical Money to expand ESG research offering
Acquired firm supports IFAs and asset managers in developing portfolios with a high social impact
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Kingswood splashes £18m on IFA firm
Company eyes a further three deals in ‘robust’ pipeline of acquisition opportunities
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Ascentric deal set to help M&G play catch up in the advised space
Royal London parts with wrap advised platform with £14bn in AUA
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Jupiter shareholders green light £370m Merian deal
Covid disruption was unlikely to cause Jupiter to rethink the price it was willing to pay for Merian
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Blackrock’s largest shareholder ditches stake as it hunts for Covid-19 bargains
‘It will significantly improve the free float and enable it to diversify its shareholder base’
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Can advisers still sell their businesses during the pandemic?
‘There is no hiding from the fact there will be an impact on the M&A market’