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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 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... higher despite new Russian sanctions against the West and amid disappointing news that major potential media and telecom mergers fizzled. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 13.87 points (0.08 per cent) to 16,443.34. The broad-based S&P 500 was essentially ...

SFGA shareholders approve IOOF acquisition proposal

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... consistent with the company's strategy of achieving growth through organic growth, tuck-in acquisitions and transformational mergers and acquisitions." Commenting on the vote IOOF managing director Christopher Kelaher said: "This highly complementary ...

TAL nabs ANZ exec for new finance role

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... risk officer at ANZ Wealth and private bank and her new role brings together responsibility for strategy development, mergers and acquisitions, financial planning and analysis, and corporate treasury. Pfister will start in her new role this month and ...