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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 ...

AMP appoints group general counsel

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... April 30. Cullen brings about 25 years' experience in the legal profession, with extensive experience in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and corporate governance. Before joining AMP he worked for law firms Blake Dawson Waldron and ...

NAB to divest MLC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... large financial institutions would gradually reduce their exposure to the wealth space. He said they were downsizing their mergers and acquisitions teams and wrapping up dealer groups, as AMP did with Genesys. "I think it's a pretty strong reflection ...

Retirement income expert joins SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... three decades. In the early 1990s, he was a partner at Blake Dawson (now Ashurst) for 11 years working in corporation, and mergers and acquisition law. In July 2004 he joined ASIC serving as deputy chair for the next five years. He chaired a major review ...

WA Super awards admin mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... 2018, the two Perth-based funds completed the merger. Recently appointed WA Super chief executive Fabian Ross said: "With mergers come opportunities for growth. By focusing on what's important to our members, we will soon be able to offer access to convenient ...

Nationwide Super joins Russell alliance, cuts fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... outsource or co-deliver administration or investment functions, in what it has pitched as an alternative to plain "vanilla mergers" to cut costs. Nationwide is the latest entry to the alliance. "The alliance model allows Nationwide a unique opportunity ...

AustralianSuper appoints Europe head of investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2018
... for about six years. At the time, the asset consulting sector was facing significant challenges from superannuation fund mergers, stiff competition and increased internalisation of investment functions. He was tasked with transforming the business from ...

Asset managers gearing for growth in 2018

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... than half (57%) flagged they will increase headcount to make this happen. More than a third (43%) warned of increased mergers and acquisitions in 2018, while many (48%) will also expand capabilities via strategic alliances or joint ventures. Whether ...