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New shareholder, governance services firm enters market

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... complex landscape of investor expectations and corporate governance, it said. Founded by Marc Stanghieri, the former head of mergers and acquisitions at Morrow Sodali, PGS Advisers plans to provide "focused, tailored, and expert advice" in proxy solicitation ...

Colonial First State hires PE head, farewells sales exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... Port of Brisbane, Sydney Metro and WestConnex. She has over 13 years of combined experience in infrastructure investing, mergers and acquisitions and asset governance, including at AustralianSuper, where she led its investment into WestConnex 2 and managed ...

TelstraSuper picks Equip for merger partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... particularly telecommunications, entertainment, energy, mining, healthcare and education," it said. Equip Super is well versed in mergers, particularly with corporate offerings. In addition to Catholic Super, it's served as successor fund to the ...

Former industry fund chief in new role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... decades at the helm of Prime Super, Baird drove the asset owner's strategic direction to deliver growth via two fund mergers. The superannuation fund ranks in the top third of regulated superannuation funds for membership, cash flow and investment ...

Consultation begins on new merger notification thresholds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
... productivity. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said in a joint statement said that they're designed to ensure the ACCC is informed of mergers most likely to be anti-competitive, while minimising the overall compliance burden on businesses. The new rules will trigger ...

SSGA takes 5% stake in Raiz

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... share. Raiz said the money will be used to build out its artificial intelligence language model and for potential future mergers and acquisitions. It also wants to increase operational efficiency and reduce costs via automation and enter into white-label ...

ART executive takes lead super role at Insignia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
... officer for a year. In these roles, he played a key role in the fund's inorganic growth strategy, including recent mergers with Commonwealth Bank Group Super, AvSuper, and Australia Post Superannuation Scheme. Prior to ART's creation, he was ...

Remediation professionals told to temper expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
... re-enter the market, and many had to step back in seniority." Meantime, the report found that super fund consolidations and mergers, as well as external market pressures, saw funds management organisations face challenges but said Australia has fared ...

Brighter Super posts 9.07% returns for its default option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
... deliver the benefits of the merger of LGIAsuper and Energy Super and the acquisition of Suncorp Super to members. "The mergers allowed us to pick the best possible services and products from the three merged funds and added liquidity to the portfolio ...

Spirit Super finds a new custodian

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... transitions team and extensive experience gained from supporting the local superannuation industry with several key strategic mergers." J.P. Morgan head of securities services sales for Australia and New Zealand Nick Paparo said that Spirit Super's decision ...