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Towers Watson grows team after benefiting from super mergers

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Towers Watson has so far been a net beneficiary from the spate of superannuation fund mergers, while acknowledging that consolidation presents the biggest single threat to the changing world of asset consulting. The firm, itself a product of a merger ...

Bennelong nabs two Herschel managers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... Minnett and ANZ McCaughan. Rehder worked in Merrill Lynch Investment Banking in Singapore and UK and previously oversaw mergers and acquisitions with KPMG Corporate Finance in Australia. Bennelong currently manages almost $1.8 billion in funds under ...

Super funds drop fees after merger

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... be the first time a merger has resulted in lower costs for members. Tom Taylor, chairman of Cuesuper, speaking at the Mergers & Acquisitions for Super Funds 2011 in Sydney on Wednesday, said it was one of the conditions of the deal. Taylor told professionals ...

A minute to midnight sees super funds merge

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... vital 60 seconds were pondered during an afternoon talk by Graeme Russell, chief executive officer of First Super at the Mergers & Acquisitions for Super Funds conference in Sydney yesterday. Russell, who has helped five funds transition into two, had ...

Macquarie may slash jobs in dip

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... 1000 employees, about 6.4% of its workforce, then it would help the bank restore its returns. "Data on announced M&A (mergers and acquisitions) indicate that market share loss continues and the post-bonus exodus of staff appears to have also continued... ...

Bigger super funds may not be cheaper for members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... unfounded. John Livanas, chief executive of $1 billion meat industry fund AMIST Super, said smaller can be better and that mergers for the sake of merging was not always the best idea for funds or their members. "The prevailing wisdom of scale... I fail ...

ANZ Wealth names head of finance

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... in 2008. John Van Der Wielen, ANZ Wealth managing director, said Frechtling's experience managing large scale business mergers and changes makes him an asset to the company.

Australian Unity possible merger

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... looking at different ways we can advance that capability," said Bryant. Bryant said that the committee are evaluating two mergers, that of LifePlan Building Society becoming part of Big Sky and Big Sky becoming part of the AU group. "There's economies ...

Credit Suisse global appointments

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... institutions group (FIG) in investment banking. In the new role, Jesudason will join the FIG team in developing future mergers and acquisitions and equity capital market related deals across Asia Pacific, Central and Eastern Europe, Europe, Middle East ...

Treasury Group appoints CEO

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... held senior roles with Macquarie Bank and was a strategy consultant with LEK Partnership. He has a strong track record in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. "Mark has made a tremendous contribution to the Group and we wish him every success ...