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Biggest ever super merger completes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
Australia's largest ever merger between two super funds has seen the $130 billion QSuper and $97 billion Sunsuper merge to create Australian Retirement Trust. Australian Retirement Trust (ART) now has $230 billion in funds under management, making ...

Cbus, Media Super set merger date

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... investment fees increase slightly in return for a more comprehensive offering. In an update to members, Media Super said its merger with Cbus is progressing well and, if all goes to plan, will occur on 9 April 2022. The Media Super brand will be retained ...

Hostplus and Maritime Super explore merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
Hostplus and Maritime Super have signed a memorandum of understanding, entering into merger discussions. The funds have an existing partnership, Maritime Super entered into a strategic outsourcing arrangement by moving the management of its investment ...

WealthO2, ROAR and NEO merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... software firm ROAR Software and wealth platform software specialist NEO. Wealth02 chief executive Andrew Whelan said the merger will significantly grow the business. "The coming together of WealthO2, ROAR and NEO creates an exciting and significant step ...

Australian market praised in latest pension study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... "But Australian funds aren't resting on their laurels, with significant change still occurring in the industry, including merger activity among all sizes of fund, and increasing internalisation of investment functions at large funds," WTW Australia senior ...

AustralianSuper to grow external mandates, hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... manager Matthew Moore has joined the team as an associate portfolio manager. Moore departed First State in 2020 following its merger with VicSuper. He has previously also held roles with Health Super (which merged with First State in 2012) and Frontier. ...

Skill shortages hitting advice firms hard

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
... industry and that will likely be the case for the foreseeable," Gordon said. "Retail will likely continue to have a focus on merger and acquisitions, the recruitment market has not been as active in this area as businesses merge and re-establish them ...

PE Capital in liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
PE Capital Funds Management is now in liquidation after the Federal Court found that it operated managed investment schemes without an AFSL and engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct. The court found that over $16 million was invested in the registered ...

BTC Markets appoints chief operating officer

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
... / Sensis, as chief operations officer, where she established and transformed the company's operations function post the merger of the White and Yellow Pages divisions. Prior to this, she spent a decade at Deloitte Consulting, as a leader in the Strategy ...

AustralianSuper appoints retirement solutions lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
... entity's funds under management. AustralianSuper is in the process of merging with the $7.4 billion LUCRF Super. The merger is expected to finailse before the end of the 2022 financial year. "With more people living longer than ever before and the ...