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AZ NGA welcomes head of M&A

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA) has appointed Yasemin Onat to lead future mergers and acquisitions. At the same time, Andrew Symes joins as general counsel and company secretary. The firm recently added the role of general counsel role to its standing ...

Super funds ready to offer advice: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
... Developing a sustainable and affordable intra-fund advice offering might not be tough for funds that have gained scale through mergers and acquisitions, but for those on the smaller side it could prove costly to implement such a service. "There's ...

Lazard implements new leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... companies and governments across the globe. A Lazard veteran, Orszag has also held the roles of head of North America mergers and acquisitions and global co-head of healthcare, as well as managing director and vice chair of investment banking. Prior ...

Top ETF megatrends: Global X

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... near and long term, Hannon said. He said that copper has been harder to find in recent times, this has led to growth in mergers and acquisitions related to the material as the risk of new mines means that companies are expanding through M&A rather than ...

Super fund blunder likely down to bad data: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023
... "Both now and I would imagine back around 2013 when some of these accounts originated," he said." "I do several super fund mergers and often issues such as data testing and cleansing arise in the background. Both as an operational issue and contractual ...

Hostplus surpasses $100bn in FUM

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
Hostplus says the growth has been driven by a combination of mergers and strong member growth. According to APRA data, as of June 2022 the fund had about $82.5 billion in FUM. Less than 12 months later, it has tipped over $100 billion, held on behalf ...

Former super fund investment chief lands new gig

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... officer. McQueen brings 15 years' experience in financial services to Foresters, including extensive experience in super fund mergers, most recently that of Media Super and Cbus. He served as Media Super's chief investment officer for just over two years ...

Cbus, EISS Super finalise merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... said. This marks Cbus' second merger in 13 months, with the fund merging with Media Super in April 2022. Between them, the mergers added $10 billion to Cbus' funds under management. The completion of the EISS Super merger opens the door for Cbus chief ...

Super fund members eye change

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... handled communications of a transactional nature. The missing piece appears to be articulating the value-to-members of these mergers," Guiamatsia commented. "Funds should be prepared to also clearly articulate and make available information around their ...

Industry fund market share soars: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
... increase for industry funds, growing from 31% to 37% in the year ending 30 June 2022. This growth was mainly driven by mergers, including the reclassification of QSuper from public sector to industry following its merger into Australian Retirement Trust ...