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AMP appoints new board member

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
AMP has announced the appointment of financial services executive Andrew Best as an independent, non-executive director, effective 1 July 2022. Best brings more than three decades of international and domestic experience across investment banking and ...

Centuria sets up new agriculture fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022
... glasshouses in Australia. Co-chief executive John McBain added: "Centuria branched into the agriculture sector following our merger with Primewest in July 2021 and we intend to expand this vertical to capitalise on the growing demand for premium agricultural ...

Mutual sector overcomes pandemic headwinds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
The top 100 co-operatives and mutuals have defied the economic impacts of the pandemic; the sector's revenues grew a record 10% to $34.4 billion during 2020/2021. The latest National Mutual Economy Report released by the Business Council of Co-operatives ...

WAM Leaders, AEG to merge

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... ratio of net tangible assets of WAM Leaders before tax to the pre-tax net tangible assets of AEG. AEG's board said the merger is in the best interests of shareholders. Using the latest available pre-tax net tangible assets of WAM Leaders (April 30) and ...

HESTA, Mercy Super look to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... HESTA and Mercy Super are planning to undertake a successor fund transfer by the end of the year. Mercy Super said the merger has been strategically planned for some time. If it goes ahead, the merger would bring HESTA's funds under management to ...

Leading wealth management marketers recognised

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2022
... 'Retirement readiness' campaign, BT won digital campaign of the year and Superhero, which has recently announced a merger with crypto trading platform Swyftx, won integrated campaign of the year. Of the agency categories, Ptarmigan Media won ...

Active Super, Vision Super mull merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
Active Super and Vision Super have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore a potential merger. Both parties will undertake due diligence to determine whether a merger is likely to be in the best financial interests of members of both funds. ...

Superhero, Swyftx in $1.5bn merger

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
... for the Superhero and Swyftx teams as well as all the investors who use the services. "We are thrilled to announce this merger and offer our customers the opportunity to invest in traditional and digital assets across a single platform. The Swyftx team ...

LGIAsuper to become Brighter Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
... world-class retirement outcomes for you, our members," she said. The rebrand has been in the works since LGIAsuper completed its merger with Energy Super, which will celebrate its first anniversary on the same day the rebrand is rolled out. The acquisition ...

Super funds to reach $1tn by 2040: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... were 17 successor funds transfers and another 17 between 2020 and 2021. APRA has encouraged funds to continue to consider merger options and disclosed its view on the sustainability of several funds in the sector. Out of 78 funds APRA found 38 funds ...