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Sunsuper, QSuper confirm merger talks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
The two industry funds are in talks over a possible merger, one which would see the creation of Australia's largest superannuation fund. Queensland-based industry superannuation funds Sunsuper and QSuper have confirmed they are locked in discussions ...

Hostplus, Club Super finalise merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
Hostplus and Club Super have officially merged as of today. The merger, which was announced in July, sees Hostplus add $600 million to its $45 billion funds under management and a further 22,000 members. Club Super accounts will be transferred to Hostplus ...

AMP extends adviser deadline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... accurate data on grandfathered products and commissions, and in some cases needed time to consider where to go to or who to merge with," he said. Commenting on the extension, AMP said: "AMP wanted to provide sufficient time for practices to consider ...

Berkshire to chase growth for InvestSMART

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
The ASX-listed financial services business has hired Berkshire Global Advisors to look for growth options as its revenue from grandfathered commissions starts to dry up. Commissions on funds and insurance products accounted for more than 56% of InvestSMART's ...

BlackRock merges ETF, unlisted fund sales teams in EMEA

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
BlackRock has merged the teams responsible for sales of its iShares and unlisted managed funds products for its business in Europe, Middle East and Africa. The unified salesforce will be responsible for distribution of BlackRock's products to asset ...

$26 billion super joint venture eyes more funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... the flexibility to bring on additional funds." Those funds could keep their own branding, as Catholic Super has, or could merge. Cameron said that while the joint venture has resulted in some board retirements to get the joint trustee board to a workable ...

Industry fund appoints interim investment chief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
A former Kinetic Super chief investment officer has been appointed as the interim investment chief of a $4 billion industry fund. Former Kinetic Super chief investment officer Paul Kessell has joined legalsuper as the fund's interim chief investment ...

Count Financial bolsters team as part of transition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
Count Financial has bolstered its leadership team as part of its acquisition by CountPlus. The Commonwealth Bank sold Count Financial to CountPlus for $2.5 million, finalizing the sale at the end of August. John Corcoran has now stepped into the position ...

First State Super announces key appointments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... will now return to the transport sector as chief customer officer for Sydney Trains. First State Super announced it would merge with VicSuper earlier this year.

Standard Life Aberdeen chair steps down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
The co-founder of Standard Life Aberdeen is stepping down from his position as chair of the Standard Life Aberdeen board. Martin Gilbert advised he will not seek re-election at the company's annual general meeting in May next year and agreed with the ...