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Fund administrator eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... opportunities in servicing funds investing in alternative assets and local players like Mainstream and Apex Fund Services get mergers and acquisitions attention. "Ascent sees an opportunity to help new and existing managers start their businesses at ...

Super funds hunt for co-investment deals

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... billion and $10 billion on a global basis. There are 59 superannuation funds occupying this sweet spot, Preqin found, but mergers with or acquisitions of the 47 funds with $100 million to $1 billion of AUM could swell the ranks of funds that are large ...

Hostplus eyes Intrust merger

KANIKA SOOD, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... one of Australia's most consistent and well-performing industry superfunds, Hostplus is often linked to prospective mergers and partnerships." "Hostplus will routinely explore opportunities where a strategic partnership or merger with another fund ...

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 ...

Raw truth on merger process: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... release of super program that made pushing ahead with the merger too risky. Deloitte partner Steve Freeborn, who works in mergers and acquisitions, agreed that it is essential funds consider staff in merger arrangements. "Don't underestimate how ...

ASIC to wind up PE Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... his profile. Simon Day is the chief executive of PE Capital. He worked in corporate finance at PwC and was a partner in mergers and acquisitions at Deloitte earlier in his career.

AustralianSuper, Club Plus to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... savings. All 12 funds would also have more than $50 billion in funds under management. The research takes into account mergers that are yet to be finalised, including those between Media Super and Cbus, and Sunsuper and QSuper.

Legalsuper adds Law Institute of Victoria chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... superannuation has become the subject of daily media commentary covering material issues such as reform, performance, mergers and regulation, we look forward to Adam contributing valuable experiences and insights to board discussions and deliberations," ...

Rise of the mega funds continues

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... just 12 funds, new research shows. KPMG's annual Super Insights report analysed APRA and ATO data and found that once the mergers that have been previously announced are finalised, 77% of member accounts will be managed by 12 funds all with assets under ...

Rice Warner prepares to shut up shop

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... Superannuation Trust of Australia to merge, which formed AustralianSuper. Since then, Rice Warner has consulted on a series of mergers including Health Super and VicSuper (which created First State Super, now Aware) and the proposed merger between Media ...