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What you read in 2019: Superannuation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... changes. Consolidation was the buzzword of the year, with many super funds - some expected, some surprises - committing to mergers or joint ventures for scale and sustainability. This also ignited a deeper conversation about what sustainability - and ...

Concerns over rise of the mega-fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
Mega-funds are on the rise and as further super fund mergers are expected to continue into 2020, the question of capacity needs to be addressed, according to SG Hiscock managing director Stephen Hiscock. "In terms of the mega-funds, we have seen a lot ...

Deutsche Bank offloads $76b in assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... years. The lender has also reached a deal to offload its brokerage business to BNP Paribas. The bank's head of corporate mergers and acquisitions, that helped navigate the deal with BNP Paribas back in September, has now left the bank to join a Hedge ...

Tasplan chief to exit, merger confirmed

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... and processes. We're confident this can be done with minimal impact to members," the funds said. Tasplan's many mergers Wayne Davy, who will cede the chief executive title after this merger, was in the role for over four years. Davy's 2015 ...

QSuper, Sunsuper not committed to merger

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... by - is whether this thing [a partnership between the two funds] is the best thing for our members?" Despite a spate of mergers within the sector over the last 12 months, a partnership for operational efficiencies remains a distinct possibility, and ...

Risk advisers a dying breed: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... their onboarding process," he said. The report also shed light on which insurers advisers were turning to after a spate of mergers and takeovers in the Australian life insurance market, with new less established insurers such as Integrity Life attracting ...

Hume blasts super merger laggards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... "The writing has been on the wall for a considerable period of time, and there has been endless industry chatter about mergers for many years. But despite this, there has in fact been relatively little action, particularly at that smaller end of the ...

Super funds could boost returns by 59bps: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
... costs, is around 59 basis points annually," Williams said. Williams would like to see superannuation funds planning fund mergers, or other big portfolio changes, pay particular attention to the research findings. "These controllable costs are positively ...

Sunsuper, QSuper confirm merger talks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... the fact these funds are even considering a merger shows that the race is on. It's as if funds want to initiate premium mergers with preferred partners before the good partners get snapped up," Dunnin said. "Should such a fund be possible, it would likely ...

$26 billion super joint venture eyes more funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... chair Andrew Fairley will chair the new joint trustee board, called Togethr. "This is a new dawn and a new era for super mergers as we scale up to benefit members under an extended public offer (EPO) licence," Fairley said. "While other funds are talking ...