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FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... executives, the 'head of' levels," he says. Parity Consulting managing director Victoria Butt says most super fund mergers are not simple when it comes to their people, and roles are rarely 'like for like'. She notes that some talents ...

ISA, AIST announce merger to form new organisation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023
... members' best interests was the core consideration for trustees' decision-making. According to KPMG, five super fund mergers were announced in FY22, and 13 were finalised in FY21. The consultant noted this underscores superannuation funds' ...

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 ...

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 ...

80% of instos find sustainability difficult

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... climate change, coupled with reforms like Your Future Your Super and other regulatory and industry pressures like super fund mergers, it's no surprise that more than half of respondents (51%) claim their primary driver to invest sustainably is due to ...

Super funds under $30bn should merge: APRA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... the industry view that funds under $30 billion in assets should merge. Rowell said APRA was aware of about 12 super fund mergers currently underway. "The emerging industry view seems to be that any fund with less than around [$]30 billion in assets under ...

Bigger balances, bigger blow: Elia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... we're ready," he said. Separately, Elia also responded to Senator Jane Hume's recent comments around super fund mergers, criticising funds that merge with other like funds. "Failure to diversify fund membership can be as dangerous as failure ...

Hume calls for diversity in super fund mergers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
Senator Jane Hume has denounced mergers between super funds with similar membership bases, saying concentrated memberships can make funds weak and smaller funds should look to emulate the likes of AustralianSuper and Sunsuper. In an address to the AFR ...

Concerns over rise of the mega-fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
Mega-funds are on the rise and as further super fund mergers are expected to continue into 2020, the question of capacity needs to be addressed, according to SG Hiscock managing director Stephen Hiscock. "In terms of the mega-funds, we have seen a lot ...

APRA could oversee stalled super fund mergers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... financial services Royal Commission has suggested APRA's proposed new powers could be used to address stalled super fund mergers. The Parliament is currently waiting to pass a number of changes to the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act (SIS Act) ...
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