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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 ...

Shorten ups Trio super levy to $750,000

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... new calculation method based on cost per member instead of the current method of funds under management. "With increased mergers on the cards, the gap between the biggest and smallest funds is likely to increase and require a re-think on the current ...

JBWere new chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... director, chief financial and board member at NAB, with previous roles of chief financial officer and head of strategy and mergers and acquisitions for Citigroup's Global Wealth Management business, based in New York. "Mark has a distinguished career ...

Regulators cautioned on world exchanges

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission, has warned regulators of the dangers of misunderstanding stock exchange mergers speaking at an international conference for the last time as chairman. At the 2011 International Options Market Association ...