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WAM Leaders, QV Equities to merge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... entities already own close to 16%. It was expected to involve exchanging one WAM Leaders share for every 1.46 QVE shares. The merger would result in a single investment company with a market capitalisation of $2 billion and 30,000 shareholders. WAM Leaders' ...

Growthpoint recruits new chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
Growthpoint Properties (ASX: GOZ) has named Centuria Capital executive Ross Lees as its new chief executive and managing director, effective July 1. Lees succeeds Timothy Collyer, who announced his retirement last July after serving more than 13 years. ...

Aware Super appoints member strategy lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
The $170 billion Aware Super has appointed a new lead for member strategy who previously worked at AustralianSuper. Chris Cramond took on the newly created role of head of member strategy on March 4, overseeing member experience, data and insights ...

Best default super funds revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... led the default retirement products with returns of 9.6% and 7.2% over one and three years, respectively. Following its merger with Mine Super, expected to complete by mid-2024, TWUSUPER will rebrand as Team Super. Brighter Super also stood out, securing ...

New life insurance regulations rolled out

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones has issued life insurance regulations that aim to modernise the legislative framework. The Life Insurance Regulations 2024 establishes a threshold for annuities, dictating that the ...

ANZ gets green light for Suncorp merger

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
ANZ has had a significant legal win on appeal, with its proposed $4.9 billion acquisition of Suncorp's banking arm given the go-ahead. The decision to authorise the takeover was handed down this morning by the Australian Competition Tribunal (ACT) ...

Count posts positive results ahead of Diverger takeover

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... has been further boosted by its Affinia transaction in May 2023, the integration of which is progressing. Ahead of the merger, Count has $17.9 billion in funds under advice. With Diverger, this will grow to $30 billion. In February, the group acquired ...

Mergers a boon for super member growth

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... Performance, underscored by mergers and stiff competition. Using APRA data of the 2022-23 financial year, Perple found that merger activities drove most of the movement in member numbers. Mercer recorded a whopping 181% jump in membership growth - the ...

Aware Super restructures executive team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... responsible for fund mergers - will now report to Travis in the new executive structure, focusing on enhancing the value to merger partners. Aware Super chief of staff and group executive for Victoria, Karina McPhee, will lead a newly created communications ...

Novigi completes QMV Solutions deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
Novigi has formally acquired QMV Solutions, including the latter's Investigate DQ software, for an undisclosed figure. Novigi delivers data and technology services to financial services companies including Mercer, Link and Vanguard Super. It said QMV ...