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Aberdeen Standard hires retirement head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... advising the firm's clients - the wealth arms of the big banks and super funds of all persuasions - on retirement, wraps, mergers and acquisitions and "other transformation areas." Nyilas also spent 10 years at IBM as the firm's global pensions leader ...

Regional Australia Bank and Holiday Coast merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... meetings this week. The vote resulted in over 90% of members agreeing to a resolution that will now see one of the largest mergers in the customer owned banking sector in recent times. The sector continues consolidate as it struggles to attain the necessary ...

Industry fund dips toes in private equity

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... at private equity managers with a mandate to follow soon. "We have some very small, legacy positions as a result of the mergers over the fund's history. But we now are now looking at starting a position," Block said. The Sydney-based fund has increased ...

Industry funds announce $26bn joint venture

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... Equipsuper has chased scale for the past few years through two channels: the tender consultants to win mandates and through mergers. It has had success in both. Last year a company in the Emirates Group awarded Equip a $190 million corporate super mandate ...

Superannuation mergers strike oligopoly fears

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... to its members on their retirement," he adds. The Productivity Commission urged the regulators to do more to facilitate mergers between underperforming or subscale funds following its three-year review into the sector. Thanks to consolidation, particularly ...

Industry funds eye SMSF market stronghold

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... superannuation asset pool as early as FY20. Retail funds meanwhile will continue to lag in terms of growth. KPMG said mergers and consolidation will continue to headline the industry. It forecasts the number of accumulation accounts will drop noticeably ...

Chinese investment in Australia down 36%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... looking at a dataset covering investments into Australia made by entities from the People's Republic of China through mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and greenfield projects. The report considered real estate investments excluding residential ...

Managed accounts provider hires executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
... Prior to that, Hawkins held senior roles at Aviva Australia for more than 18 years including strategic development, and mergers and acquisitions. He joins at a time when Managed Accounts Holdings prepares to rebrand - changing its name to Xplore Wealth ...

Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank merger likely

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... are engaging in discussions with Commerzbank." "For months now, there have been permanent rumours regarding potential mergers. That is why it is personally important to me to provide you with some more context." Sewing went on to say: "We, the management ...

Equipsuper boosts digital and member experience teams

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... which has seen a "substantial increase in activity" since the Hayne Royal Commission and via discussions about future mergers. In the last two years, Equip has enhanced its capacity to invest in high-calibre people and technology to deliver better products ...