Jarden, BNZ, JBWere deal said to be a pre-Christmas mixer

Jarden, BNZ, JBWere deal said to be a pre-Christmas mixer
Advisers are probably working overtime to get a deal done. (Image: Getty)
Paul McBeth
The financial services firms said to be stitching up a supercharged wealth management firm are staying mum on reports that a potential $700 million deal will happen in the next couple of weeks. A deal first reported by the Australian’s Dataroom column in October appears to have taken things up a notch, with the News Corp-owned paper now flagging a close for the deal merging Jarden’s wealth business with National Australia Bank’s JBWere NZ business and Bank of New Zealand’s funds management arm. Jarden’s w...

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