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Super fund mergers could risk member attrition

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
Most super fund members would not like their fund to go through any merger activity, according to the CoreData 2014 Member Growth Report. The report asked the question to 858 super fund members and 65.6% said they would not like their fund to merge ...

Australian Unity acquires Premium Wealth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... difficulties of vertical integration in a post-FoFA landscape, saying, "[It] became clear we would need to either engage in mergers and acquisitions of our own, or invite a like-minded organisation to partner with us." Together, Australian Unity and ...

Elixir Consulting partners with Evolve Leadership

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... will assist in business strategy for practices who want to take the business to the next level, so we're talking about mergers and acquisitions, for example." Elixir has recently added Derek Gerrard and Glenn Bergsma and will appoint someone based in ...

Equip-AustSuper partnership draws interest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... specialisation. We certainly don't see it as having to do with a merger down the track." While there is a great deal of talk about mergers, Farrington said the reason there is less talk about collaborative ventures like this one is that it's essentially ...

Super funds must justify not merging: APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... from self-interest or other reasons," she said. Currently, moves towards consolidation have been few, with some planned mergers breaking down over disagreements over the composition of the board of the merged entity. "We're only just over 12 months into ...

Hastings grows London and New York offices

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... infrastructure investments. He has 10 years of industry experience and he was previously at Morgan Stanley, focusing on mergers and acquisitions and financing ideas for current and prospective clients. Prior to that, he was an investment banking analyst ...

Group insurance consortiums 'inevitable': MetLife

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... number of other funds up to $100 annual premiums," Fielding said. "I think there's probably still going to be ongoing mergers of funds that are going to make it a very concentrated market at the top end, and we've probably only got three or four group ...

Treasury proposes tax relief for merging super funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... merger relief through the Stronger Super transition period." Against expectations, there have so far been relatively few mergers since the Stronger Super reforms came in. Nevertheless, the industry consensus is that it will happen. Submissions to the ...

Govt to amend fund merger tax laws

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
The Abbott government has announced that it will go ahead with amendments to the tax rules around fund mergers to ensure members caught up in such mergers are not inadvertently hit with tax penalties. The amendments were proposed by the previous Labor ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... concerns over the European economy and international conflicts grew. Sentiment also was hit by news that several huge mergers had collapsed, including 21st Century Fox's bid for Time Warner and that of Japanese-controlled US wireless operator Sprint ...