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New shareholder, governance services firm enters market

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
The firm aims to navigate Australian companies through the complex landscape of investor expectations and corporate governance, it said. Founded by Marc Stanghieri, the former head of mergers and acquisitions at Morrow Sodali, PGS Advisers plans to ...

FAAA announces 2024 awards finalists

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... members who exhibit the highest standards and professionalism. This is the second year the awards take place following the merger of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). The finalists for the FAAA ...

Colonial First State hires PE head, farewells sales exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
Colonial First State has hired a local investment director from a global pension fund to run private equity and unlisted assets. At the same time, its head of investment sales has exited. The wealth and superannuation giant confirmed that Chloé Brayne ...

TelstraSuper picks Equip for merger partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
After announcing earlier this year that it was open to a merger, TelstraSuper will now explore a 'merger of equals' with Equip Super. In May of this year, and after 30 years in operation, TelstraSuper announced it was on the hunt for a merger ...

Former industry fund chief in new role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
Prime Value Asset Management has named former Prime Super chief executive Lachlan Baird as its new finance chief. The boutique fund manager said Baird will be pivotal in refining its investment strategy and building a financial framework that promotes ...

Aussie super funds climb ranks, government funds slide

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... Retirement Trust slid backward one spot. There was one new entrant to the list, being Brighter Super - a result of its merger with Suncorp Super. It ranks 271 st in the world now. "We also see a significant growth differential and rankings move between ...

MLC Life appoints two C-suite executives

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... life insurance, most recently the group executive in life insurance at ClearView Wealth. He was also instrumental in the merger of Zurich Financial Service and OnePath in June 2019 after his prolonged tenure at ANZ. Speaking on the appointment, Kerr ...

Super fund merger prompts investment changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
... Super's investment options will be renamed and changed to align with those currently offered by CareSuper ahead of their merger in November. Spirit Super's default balanced investment option will shift to a more defensive stance, adjusting its ...

Consultation begins on new merger notification thresholds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
The government has begun consultation on proposed changes to merger notification thresholds as part of broader reforms designed to boost competition and productivity. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said in a joint statement said that they're designed to ensure ...

J.P. Morgan lands custody services mandate with industry fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024
... the Australian Custodial Services Association. Vision Super chief executive Stephen Rowe said as the fund embarks on the merger with Active Super, partnering with J.P. Morgan will be essential to the integration. "This is an exciting time in our history ...