Insignia rejects Bain’s billions as lacking ‘fair value’
Michelle BowesWealth reporter
Updated
Insignia Financial rejected a $2.7 billion bid from global private equity giant Bain Capital, capitalising on the support of the wealth group’s major shareholder, John Wylie’s Tanarra Capital, which backed the board’s conviction it was better off alone.
Bain bid $4 a share in cash last week for the company formerly known as IOOF.
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Michelle Bowes writes about wealth from our Sydney newsroom. She has more than 20 years of experience as a business journalist and is the author of Money Queens: Rule your Money, an award-winning personal finance book for teenage girls. Email Michelle at michelle.bowes@afr.com
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