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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 ...

Guardians appoint NZ equities lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... investments and partnerships. Before this, he was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs JBWere, where he was involved in mergers and acquisitions and capital market activity across New Zealand and Australia. He currently serves on the board of Australian ...

EISS Super, TWUSUPER explore merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... Understanding with the $855 million Victorian Independent Schools Superannuation Fund (VISSF). Aware last year, completed mergers with VicSuper and WA Super.

Rice Warner acquired by Deloitte

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... our clients navigate an increasingly challenging environment," Rice said. "We have facilitated numerous successful fund mergers, and are a versatile business with strengths in areas as diverse as group insurance, financial advice and retirement. I am ...

Insider trading four times more common

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... stock markets on daily price and trading activity. Putnins and Patel estimate that insider trading occurs in one in five mergers and/or acquisitions and in one in 20 quarterly earnings announcements. These estimates imply that there is at least four ...

Changes on Lazard Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... bronze rating on the fund after the personnel changes. The fund is offered by Lazard Asset Management, which is separate to mergers and acquisitions advisory firm Lazard Australian Financial Advisory. The latter recently announced its plans to reverse ...

Quasi-mergers in APRA's sights

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
The prudential regulator has acknowledged concerns over "quasi-mergers" raised by Senator Andrew Bragg. In a letter provided to Financial Standard, Bragg contacted APRA in February to express concerns over the "quasi-merger" between Maritime Super and ...