On May 4, 2016, Foresters Life Insurance Company acquired all of the outstanding shares of Aegon Capital Management Inc. (ACM), an investment advisor, and Aegon Fund Management Inc. (AFM), an investment fund manager which offers and administers the imaxx family of mutual funds. As of closing, ACM changed its name to Foresters Asset Management Inc. and AFM became Foresters Financial Investment Management Company of Canada Inc. Through this transaction, Foresters acquired approximately CAD$10 billion in Canadian fixed income and equity assets under management.
Foresters Life Insurance Company was advised by a team of Fasken Martineau lawyers led by Robert W. McDowell and Tracy L. Hooey and included Daniel Fuke (M&A/Corporate and securities regulatory), Nicole Park and David Steinhauer (M&A/Corporate), Koker Christensen (regulatory), Mitchell Thaw (tax), Ralph Nero (employment), Ross Gascho (pension and benefits) and Samuel R. Rickett and Murray Braithwaite (litigation).
