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Super consultant appoints new head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... program and project management with a focus on technology, regulatory change, data quality, data remediation, migrations and mergers. "As the superannuation industry continues to deal with ongoing regulatory change as well as the shift from accumulation ...

Frontier Advisors chief executive resigns

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... firm and the asset consulting sector more broadly was facing significant challenges from imminent superannuation fund mergers, increasing internalisation of the investment function within asset owner organisations, and an increase in competition within ...

VicSuper appoints board member

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... She is also a member of the VicSuper Investment and Merger Steering Committees. Bell specialises in corporate advisory, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets, as well as corporate governance. She has extensive board and directorship experience ...

Technology and mergers threaten insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
One-in-two insurers are experiencing a 'sink-or-swim mentality' in an industry undergoing rapid technological changes and facing the competitive threat of up-and-coming insurtechs. These are the findings from the inaugural insurance industry report ...

Financial services ripe for mergers and acquisitions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... particularly around demergers. Commercial law firm Minter Ellison singled out the sector as one of five industries ripe for mergers and acquisitions, driven by a resurgence in private equity as well as strategic acquirers looking to 'buy growth' in mature ...

Bravura inks deal with $4.7bn insurer

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... first-class back office system is vital to our highly successful strategy of organic growth, business process outsourcing and mergers and consolidations. This important upgrade demonstrates our commitment to service and efficiency to customers and business ...

Asset managers must overhaul operating model: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... business models if they want to compete a decade from now, the report said. Many (76%) asset managers believe the volume of mergers and acquisitions will persist in the next five years, meaning the rise of passive management will force active managers ...

WTW recruits FINEX Australasia lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... Jill Stewart to lead the local division, which brings together experts in financial, executive and professional risks, mergers and acquisitions to enhance WTW's understanding of its clients. Stewart joins from QBE where she is currently national manager ...

JB Financial enters buyout mode

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... of shares in JB Financial at $6.14 per share. RSM became a leading provider of mercantile agency services following the mergers between IDS Group, Advance Group, Ashdale Integrity Solutions, Yates Professional Investigations and Trademark Investigation ...

Collaboration call for SMSF auditing

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... compete with other SMSF auditors. "The market is large, and our SMSF audit industry is disparate," Phipps-Ellis said. "Mergers and acquisitions of SMSF audit practices aren't common, and the new offering provides an alternate way to collaborate and do ...