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WAM Leaders, AEG to merge

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
WAM Leaders and Absolute Equity Performance Fund have agreed to merge, with WAM Leaders to acquire 100% of the latter. The announcement to shareholders said that under the scheme implementation, AEG shareholders will receive new WAM Leaders shares as ...

AustralianSuper changes admin fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
AustralianSuper is aiming to reduce costs to members by $300 million this year, including lowering administration fees for some members. According to the fund, members with less than $50,000 in their accounts will pay about 60% less than they currently ...

HESTA, Mercy Super look to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
HESTA and Mercy Super are planning to undertake a successor fund transfer by the end of the year. Mercy Super said the merger has been strategically planned for some time. If it goes ahead, the merger would bring HESTA's funds under management to ...

First Sentier named Investment Manager of the Year

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2022
First Sentier Investors won Investment Manager of the Year award at the Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards, taking the title from Macquarie Investment Management which held it for four years running. The Investment Leadership Awards celebrate ...

Market manipulator pleads guilty

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2022
Benjamin Heath Cooper has pleaded guilty to conspiring to manipulate the share price of a resources company in 2015. ASIC alleged that in November 2015 Cooper conspired with former Quantum director Avrohom Kimelman and another to manipulate Quantum ...

Active Super, Vision Super mull merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
Active Super and Vision Super have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore a potential merger. Both parties will undertake due diligence to determine whether a merger is likely to be in the best financial interests of members of both funds. ...

IFM Investors becomes majority shareholder in Atlas Arteria

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
IFM Investors has taken 15% interest in the toll road operator. The acquisition, made via the Global Infrastructure Fund (IFM GIF) is comprised of a relevant interest and economic interest. The fund has said it regularly invests in companies that align ...

Macquarie Asset Management appoints chief sustainability officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
... that integrating sustainability and ESG drives better investment performance for our clients," Macquarie Asset Management's Ben Way said. "To achieve our ambition, we need the very best people in our business who are experts and strong leaders in this ...

Systemic disadvantages create retirement insecurity: HESTA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
HESTA has submitted that applying the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) principles in Australia would lead to greater certainty and returns for super members. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said as a super fund ...

The rise of the hybrid ETP

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
In the three years to March the number of ETPs increased by 29%, with the Australian market now made up of different subsets. This morning, Rainmaker Information's head of investment research John Dyall appeared at the Financial Standard Best Practice ...