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Platinum merger no cure for active managers' challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
A merger between Platinum Asset Management and L1 Capital may deliver scale, but it won't resolve the deeper structural issues dogging traditional active managers, including fee pressure and market share loss to passive investment vehicles like ETFs ...

Aware Super on hunt for new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... commenced. Graham has served as chief investment officer for 12 years, including four years at First State Super before the merger with VicSuper to create Aware Super. Prior, he was chief investment officer of StatePlus, which was rebranded in 2015 from ...

Platinum mulls L1 Capital merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... accretion for shareholders, it added. "L1 Capital is a first-class manager with a strong investment track record. The potential merger provides an attractive opportunity to combine expertise and resources, and we will continue to explore if it's ...

Smaller super funds unfairly burdened by regulatory levy model: CPA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
Members of small and medium-sized super funds have become "collateral damage" in an imperfect regulatory funding model, CPA Australia says, in response to Treasury's proposed levy changes for 2025-26. CPA Australia superannuation lead Richard Webb said ...

Acenda forms innovation function to create new insurance propositions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
Acenda, created pending the merger of MLC Life Insurance and Resolution Life Australasia, has formed an innovation function led by a Suncorp veteran. Acenda said the new division will initially focus on supporting the development of new insurance propositions ...

ASX launches review into shareholder approvals

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has launched a review into listing rules related to shareholder approval requirements, particularly when it comes to mergers and acquisitions. The ASX said due to "heightened investor interest" around the James ...

Future Group confirms more mergers ahead, undertakes review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
Future Group is growing again, taking on the Zurich Master Superannuation Plan and a small MLC product. The Zurich Master Superannuation Plan will be merged into the Smart Future Trust alongside the MLC Insurance Only product that currently sits inside ...

Corporate fund selects Mercer Super for SFT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
... JBWere Superannuation Fund had some of the most expensive administration fees in the market, costing a total of $1326. The merger process is expected to commence from May 20 and be completed in mid-June. Mercer has taken over several other super funds ...

Analyst promotions: TCorp, Future Fund, CareSuper, Fidante, First Sentier

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... career with the corporate regulator, initially overseeing strategic intelligence and markets enforcement. Interestingly, the merger of CareSuper and Spirit Super has seen the exit of Aoife McCarthy, a senior investment analyst who sat with the responsible ...

Ex-MLC private equity exec joins Melbourne boutique

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
A former director at Temasek and co-head of private equity at MLC Asset Management has popped up as an adviser at a boutique fund that specialises in mid-market commercial real estate debt and equity. Kristian Zimmermann is one of two strategic appointments ...