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Half of super funds to close in coming decade: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... expect mergers between multiple platforms within the same financial services group. There will be pressure to close sub-scale platforms where it is difficult to invest in the technology upgrades needed to attract advisers or respond to the ever-increasing ...

Low-margin clients hurt practice valuations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... scaled advice practices has increased. "This area of the market is growing as consolidation in the sector continues and large-scale advice businesses require further capital to grow," Centurion said. "In nearly every case our experience is that this ...

UniSuper, ISPT acquire commercial property at Western Sydney Airport

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... western industrial precinct, adding to UniSuper's $8 billion unlisted property portfolio. "It's distinguished not only by its scale but by its strategic positioning within the Northern Gateway precinct of the Western Sydney Aerotropolis. Once developed ...

AustralianSuper to deploy £8 billion in the UK

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... projecting its investment portfolio to surpass £18 billion by 2030. The superannuation giant plans to channel capital into large-scale, long-term investment opportunities in sectors such as energy transition, digital infrastructure, mixed-use estates ...

MSC Trustees nabs Equity Trustees general manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... repositioning following its recent acquisition of Certane Corporate Trust, with plans to strengthen the promotion of its new scale and full-service offering. In January, MSC acquired Certane, formerly known as Sargon Capital. For her part, Holbrook said ...

Count completes Diverger acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... CARE SMA portfolios and the supporting client-centric advice processes provide new growth opportunities. There are material scale benefits that come from being one of Australia's largest integrated accounting, wealth and services providers, including ...

Aware, Macquarie partner on green finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... Sustainable Capital (GSC), a specialist infrastructure financier acquired by MAM in a US$250 million deal in June. Galway offers scale and efficient capital deployment to help fund the North American sustainability transition. Since 2020 the firm has ...

Pay gaps at super funds, fund managers revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
The median gender pay gap on base salaries across financial services is 23.6%, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), with individual employer pay gaps reported for the first time as part of the government's strategy to solve ...

Centrepoint Alliance targets further growth with new platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... disciplined cost management," chair Greg Chmiel said. "The business is well placed with our strong community of advisers providing scale. I am confident, our pipeline of strategic initiatives will deliver future growth as we continue to build our powerful ...

Warren Buffet honours Charlie Munger in Berkshire shareholder letter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... to immediately respond to market seizures with both huge sums and certainty of performance may offer an occasional large-scale opportunity. "Though the stock market is massively larger than it was in our early years, today's active participants are neither ...