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AZ NGA names chief operating officer

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
... appointment will advance the firm's ambitions of building super firms and Centres of Excellence while pursuing transformational mergers and acquisitions, AZ NGA said. Barrett described Jacobsen as the ideal candidate at a critical stage in the advice ...

Trump taps Kevin Warsh as new Fed chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026
... well-prepared to lead the world's most influential central bank." He has held roles as a Morgan Stanley executive in the mergers and acquisitions team, was an economic advisor to the Bush Administration, and was the youngest-ever Federal Reserve Governor ...

Integro announces first east coast hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... Adley Partners (trading as Stuart Broadley & Associates). His background spans client review strategies, staff leadership, mergers and acquisitions, investment committee work and building new client pathways. Integro managing partner Justin Gilmour said ...

Hiring for risk, member services to take off

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... funds are also expected to increase their hiring in the investments space following a more subdued 2025 on the back of mergers and major strategic or operational restructures. Kaizen said last year many super funds felt they had 'over hired' in the preceding ...

FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... assets, with eight mega-funds exceeding $100 billion each. In the past three years the industry has seen the biggest wave of mergers - from the record-breaking QSuper-Sunsuper merger creating Australian Retirement Trust (ART) to an array of bigger funds ...

Most read in 2025: Superannuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
From cyber breaches to mergers and increased regulatory action, there has been a raft of news surrounding the superannuation sector this year. Minimum standard services for super funds welcomed Treasurer Jim Chalmers and former Assistant Treasurer Stephen ...

Super moves: Aware, VFMC, CareSuper, UniSuper, NGS

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... 2023 as a senior investment analyst and previously worked at Coolabah Capital Investments and BDO, where he advised on mergers and acquisitions, financial modelling and valuations. Finally, UniSuper has named Matt Werakso as head of professional wealth ...

Nambawan Super taps former Prime Super boss for top job

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... decades at the helm of Prime Super Baird drove the asset owner's strategic direction to deliver growth via two fund mergers The superannuation fund is ranked in the top third of regulated superannuation funds for membership, cash flow and investment ...

South Korea looks to Australia for next sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... equity investments, infrastructure holdings, and low-interest lending support. "Temasek in Singapore basically engages in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), invests, and purchases many buildings in industries with future growth potential. However, since ...

EWM to buy three advice firms

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... Financial Design led by principal Helen Postle; and Your Wealth Life, led by Megan Neale. These acquisitions follow recent mergers with Cairns-based MTP Financial and Wealthmed, located on the Sunshine Coast. In support of the new partnerships, MTP Financial ...