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Super funds under $30bn should merge: APRA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell says the regulator agrees with the industry view that funds under $30 billion in assets should merge. Rowell said APRA was aware of about 12 super fund mergers currently underway. "The emerging industry view seems to be ...

Raw truth on merger process: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... while," Turner said. "Don't underestimate how much work is involved." Spirit Super brought together what would become its board early in the merger process, creating a Joint Implementation Committee. But this committee could only make recommendations ...

Draft advice reforms not enough: FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... used its submission on the single disciplinary body for financial advisers to renew calls to remove the Tax Practitioners Board as a regulator of the sector. While the association welcomed the plan to establish a single disciplinary body, the FPA said ...

Apex ups ante on Mainstream bidding war

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... cash per share, upping its prior bid by 10 cents and bidding 9 cents more than SS&C's recent offer. Mainstream's board said it is currently reviewing Apex's revised proposal and will update the market. The offer follows Apex making a superior ...

Trustee of the Year announced

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... with steering the fund's investments towards sustainability and changing its asset allocation. Dahn also serves on the board of AIA Australia, Australian Communities Foundation, Victorian Traditional Owners Funds Limited and the investment committee ...

Boards should be "strap-on brains": Cosgrove

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
Retired Governor General Peter Cosgrove has offered some words of advice to corporate Australia on the role of boards and leaders. Cosgrove delivered a speech on leadership strategies through good times and bad, drawing on his military experience, at ...

New Martin Gilbert vehicle strikes first deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... opportunity and we look forward to working with AssetCo in the years ahead." Both Gilbert and McKellar will now join the board of Saracen. The acquisition will test AssetCo's new strategy, having decided to abandon the emergency services business ...

Plenary expands property team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... leading Plenary's bid teams for projects across Asia and the Middle East. Chi-Ling Looi has been promoted as a director on the board of Plenary's Asian business and will retain oversight of Plenary's Asian operations and project pursuits. "It's an exciting ...

AFCA welcomes new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... Credit and Investment Ombudsman, and Superannuation Complaints Tribunal into one governing body, now known as AFCA. The board commented: "Helen has been an exceptional chair of AFCA over the last three years establishing AFCA as an important national ...

More super funds make climate commitments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... Investor Group on Climate Change chief executive officer Emma Herd said. "We are proud to have our first bank partner on board as the initiative progressively moves from an initial focus on investors to being opened to all actors across financial markets ...