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ANZ retail, commercial CIO to depart By Sarah Simpkins 16 July 2021
The chief information officer for retail and commercial at ANZ will leave the bank, for an executive role at Link Group.
Nicole Pelchen will become chief technology officer at data administrator Link Group, which is also the parent company of property settlements platform PEXA.
Ms Pelchen has been with ANZ for seven years, holding the CIO role for three and a half years – where she was responsible for the business’s digital, data and automation programs across aspects such as retail and commercial distribution networks and the origination and servicing program.
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UBS increases Afterpay price target
Alex Gluyas
UBS’ historically bearish view on Afterpay has been lifted slightly, with the broker increasing its price target on the buy now, pay later giant after its launch of one-time cards which the broker said evolves its revenue model.
“The launch of one-time use cards that can be used at non-integrated merchants such as Amazon, significantly increases Afterpay’s total addressable market,” UBS analyst Tom Beadle said.
More significantly, Mr Beadle pointed to the fact that this represents an evolution to Afterpay’s revenue model from merchant fees to “affiliate marketing”.
The cash proceeds would be applied against debt in the first instance with the aim of delivering a stronger and more flexible balance sheet for Link Group.
Vivek Bhatia, Link Group chief executive and managing director, said: “Link Group has retained a significant holding in EA while strengthening its own balance sheet with gearing expected to be at the bottom of our target leverage range of two to three times net debt/EBITDA.
“Link Group will review its various options and advise the market releasing our FY results on 26 August, 2021.”
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The shareholding in the PEXA initial public offering by superannuation administrator Link Group has been finalised to be 42.8%, as the listing date remains 1 July, 2021.
The listing would go ahead as long as the IPO continued to satisfy Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listing requirements.
At the conclusion of the IPO, Link Group would hold 42.8% of the equity in PEXA and receive approximately $180 million of net cash proceeds.
The cash proceeds would be applied against debt in the first instance with the aim of delivering a stronger and more flexible balance sheet for Link Group.
Vivek Bhatia, Link Group chief executive and managing director, said: “Link Group has retained a significant holding in EA while strengthening its own balance sheet with gearing expected to be at the bottom of our target leverage range of two to three times net debt/EBITDA.
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