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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 ...

500 jobs to be axed at abrdn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... equities business over to SG Hiscock. The value of abrdn's shares have more than halved since the company was created via a merger of Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life in 2017.

BWP, Newmark Property REIT set to merge

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
... responsible entity for Newmark Property REIT (NPR), have agreed to merge, subject to shareholder approval. Under the proposed merger, real estate investment trust BWP will offer to acquire 100% of NPR's securities via an off-market takeover offer ...

Super fund satisfaction improves: Roy Morgan

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
... Catholic Super, Active Super merging with Vision Super, Hostplus merging with Statewide, Sunsuper and QSuper formalising their merger to become Australian Retirement Trust, and many others. "Roy Morgan has extensive data on the impacts these mergers ...

Australian Ethical super chief goes for growth in 2024

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... Piper. In an interview with Financial Standard, Piper, who joined Australian Ethical from Christian Super following the merger between the two super funds in December 2022, said scaling the business enabled "meaningful investment" in back-office processes ...

Qantas Super reduces premiums again

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... contributions to its defined benefit plans in the 2023-24 financial year. The $8.4 billion super fund is actively scouting for a merger partner. In an update last December, the fund said a new merger committee was set up to guide the management team ...

TAL appoints chief claims officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
TAL announced that a former Westpac executive will join the insurer as its new chief claims officer. On March 1, Georgina Croft will take the post. She was most recently the chief customer services officer at BT Financial Group, a role she held for ...

NGS Super finds new administrator

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024
... 2021, Mercy Super also moved to GROW after using Mercer for several years. The following year, HESTA announced it would merger with Mercy Super. NGS Super chief executive Natalie Previtera said that it was timely for the fund to undertake a review and ...