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Super fighting a war on three fronts: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... what's the likelihood of that?'" He said questions recently raised by Senator Jane Hume into the risk implications of mergers between industry funds with similar membership cohorts are probably appropriate, though said KPMG doesn't take a particular ...

Hume calls for diversity in super fund mergers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
Senator Jane Hume has denounced mergers between super funds with similar membership bases, saying concentrated memberships can make funds weak and smaller funds should look to emulate the likes of AustralianSuper and Sunsuper. In an address to the AFR ...

Industry funds a bright spot for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... steady pace, and I think that will continue," he said. Gordon suggested that as industry funds continue to grow through mergers the advice services their diverse member base might require are likely to expand. "There seems to be a high level of trust ...

Long-time IOOF director steps down

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... years and has been an outstanding contributor to driving IOOF's significant growth through both organic initiatives and mergers and acquisitions, as well as driving ongoing enhancements to governance structures and approaches," an IOOF statement read. ...

Australian ETF industry competition heats up

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... revenue. The HHI is used by governments around the world to calculate how open a market is and to determine if potential mergers could stifle competition and potentially harm consumers, Dyall said. It ranks entities in four categories, in decreasing ...

JP Morgan appoints two Aussie leads

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... chairman for the past five years before landing the joint head role. Previously, he had worked for Citi as its head of mergers and acquisitions and real estate investment banking. He spent more than ten years with the bank. Ranson also spent six years ...

Perpetual head jumps for greener pastures

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... looking forward to getting my hands dirty while looking for the next challenge." In his role at Perpetual, Ehlich led mergers and acquisitions, divestments, capital management and strategic initiatives across the group. Ehlich was also responsible for ...

Statewide dumps executives

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... chief operating officer roles allowed it to have a clearer picture of the end-to-end process while weighing potential mergers. The hybrid role, he said, put Eastwood in charge of both the finance and operating side, which includes information technology ...

Industry fund chair retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... like to thank Alan Bowman for his exemplary leadership of Prime Super. He has steered the Fund through two significant mergers over the past five years and ensured it is not only a financially sustainable organisation, but that it is on course for continued ...

Cbus Super chief to exit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... capabilities, strengthening its employee and member engagement functions which it has brought in house and weighing potential mergers with other funds.