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To merge or not to merge?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... points of discussion at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference, with MTAA and Aware Super talking mergers. MTAA Super chief Leeanne Turner said that whilst the industry is clearly in a stage of consolidation there is still a ...

Industry funds pool $61bn of assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... Robertson flagged, describing the partnership as a "win-win" for all members. Maritime has kept its doors open to potential mergers in the past. In 2011, it considered a merger with TWU Super, but fell through. Hostplus finalised its latest merger with ...

Lazard restructures Australian business

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... firm Carnegie Wylie was acquired by Lazard in 2007. Since then, the corporate advisory firm's work has focussed on mergers and acquisitions. Lazard is yet to clarify whether the restructure will mean many job losses at the firm.

Super fund ESG targets lack clarity: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... remuneration reports of a company fails to meet expectation; opposing corporate divestments of fossil fuel assets, and mergers and acquisitions, unless the ultimate owner is prepared to transition; and/or co-filing and/or supporting shareholder resolutions. ...

Longstanding Netwealth chair resigns

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... and nomination committees. He was previously a managing director and senior advisor at UBS with a focus on large scale mergers and acquisitions and capital raisings and is currently a non-executive director of Premier Investments, Village Roadshow, Breville ...

Boards suffer from disconnect between risk, strategy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... are justified concerns that Australian businesses are not backing themselves," Nyssen said. "Business lending is down, mergers and acquisition deal volumes are down, and share buy backs by listed organisations are up." The research found four key areas ...

EISS Super director joins Macquarie board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... development of capital markets instruments, Macquarie said. He spent 23 years at Deutsche Bank, including 10 years as head of mergers and acquisitions. Rebecca McGrath spent 25 years at BP, including as the chief financial officer of BP Australasia from ...

Morningstar introduces new platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... their disposal. "Financial advisory firms are seeing an increasing need to be able to evaluate moments in time such as mergers and acquisitions, stock splits, security trades, and governmental and regulatory updates alongside research and valuation data ...

WTW appoints Australia segment head

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
... financial solutions segment. Jeffers left the firm. In August, 2019 it bought Risk Capital Advisors (RCA), a specialist mergers and acquisitions broker in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. WTW is the third-largest asset consultant by assets in ...

FS team picks: The top stories for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... There's no denying the superannuation industry is a secretive one, and large swathes of it go unreported. Of all the mergers and successor fund transfers that took place this year, Financial Standard was first and often the only publication across ...