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New AMP Australia chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... During Hartley's time at Sunsuper, the industry fund grew to be the fourth largest in the country and went through two mergers - with Kinetic Super and Austsafe Super. "Scott has an excellent track record in transforming and growing wealth and investment ...

US regulator, states sue Facebook

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... anti-competitive conditions on software developers and for Facebook to be required to seek prior notice and approval for all future mergers and acquisitions. "For nearly a decade, Facebook has used its dominance and monopoly power to crush smaller rivals ...

Rice Warner hires former First State deputy chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... services, unit pricing and other investment operations, as well as member administration platforms and operations, fund mergers and advice delivery, Rice Warner said. "I am delighted to join the Rice Warner team and look forward to combining my experiences ...

Super funds bullish on hiring

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... roles. McGilton said: "Across the industry there have been very few redundancies, and most redundancies have come due to mergers, namely First State Super and VicSuper and Equip and Catholic Super, mostly these were senior executives." "Some projects ...

Jarden continues Australian expansion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... after starting her investment banking career with Goldman Sachs in Sydney. McCormack was most recently responsible for mergers and acquisitions and financing advisory across Goldman Sachs' North American chemicals business. In her new role, Jarden said ...

Proposed changes ahead for APRA's heatmaps

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... board governance in superannuation funds remains somewhat of a problem which she reiterated for funds that are merging. "Mergers are not about maintaining jobs for current directors or deals such as 'you take the chair' and 'I'll take ...

Stanford Brown adds partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... divisions of Ernst & Young in South Africa before moving to Australia. She joined technology company Dimension Data in a mergers and acquisitions role and eventually moved into financial advice. As Nixon Boustred Advisory evolved and founder Peter Nixon ...

Industry, APRA mull super merger costs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... Superannuation industry stakeholders are in talks with the prudential regulator to devise a lower cost option for fund mergers, with smaller funds currently facing the potential of being priced out of merger opportunities. Appearing as part of a session ...

Australian Unity adds to leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... Becton Property Group and corporate finance manager at Centro Properties Group. He started his career as a solicitor in mergers and acquisitions at Herbert Smith Freehills. The appointment comes after Australian Unity saw its profits drop by 70% compared ...

Fintechs drive venture capital: KPMG

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... capital investment in Australian fintechs has grown despite concerns about the pandemic which has seen private equity and mergers and acquisitions activity fall, a new study from KPMG shows. KPMG's latest Pulse of Fintech report reveals venture capital ...