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ASIC hires former super executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... senior executive. He was responsible for ASIC's interaction with large listed companies, predominantly in relation to mergers and acquisitions, corporate fundraising, related party transactions and market disclosure. Frydenberg didn't detail ...

Industry funds grows governance, risk teams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... merger, working to meet the demands of increasing member expectations. "We are also still actively looking to do more mergers with other profit-to-member funds and for opportunities to take on other corporate superannuation funds looking to transfer ...

Super funds suit up for Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... principal consultant of legal and risk Jonathan Steffanoni says there might be a focus on successive fund transfers or mergers. "We may see a focus on whether those opportunities were paid the attention due or whether some of those failed for potentially ...

Boutique licensee acquires regional advice firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... feel strongly that to be truly successful, we need to be able to attract great planners and clients as well as complete mergers and acquisitions. This transaction with onePlan is our largest yet, and it ticks all those boxes for us." Scifleet said one ...

EM bonds attractive despite pullback: Eaton Vance

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... broadly been defending their currencies. Also, much of the economic growth in EM is organic, rather than being based on mergers, acquisitions and financial engineering." She acknowledges that EM markets have a political risk but adds that it offers opportunity ...

Queensland industry funds merge

HARRISON WORLEY AND JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
... partnership represents a further opportunity to set the gold standard for the industry in terms of best practice for super fund mergers. AustSafe Super's independent chair Henry Smerdon echoed Fraser's sentiments. "This is a particularly well-suited ...

Australian Unity creates IFA leadership role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... February 2017. He brings more than 20 years' experience in financial services across strategy, finance, distribution and mergers and acquisitions. Csavas will commence in the new role in July, reporting directly to executive general manager - advice ...

Multi-disciplinary industry trend continues: CBA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
... trend toward multi-disciplinary or full service firms may continue, with the potential for an increase in the number of mergers and acquisitions within the advice and accounting space. Supporting this, in April of this year CountPlus advice practice ...

AMP adds legal expert to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... Page (now Herbert Smith Freehills) before moving to financial services. His experience spans legal and regulatory risk, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets. From 2003 to 2008, O'Sullivan was general counsel at Commonwealth Bank before spending ...

BTFG boss backs PC super proposals

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... model," Cooper said. Cooper says it is "necessary" to take small and underperforming products off the market. Same for fund mergers having provision for permanent gains capital gains tax relief. "Any superannuation fund that believes it performs strongly ...