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Statewide still keen on mergers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... execution risk, according to chief financial and operating officer Grant Eastwood. Statewide canned plans to merge with Tasplan and WA Super in June, which if successful would have created Australia's 15th largest superannuation fund with 380,000 ...

Who foots the bill when super funds merge?

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... yesterday. The panel discussed how mergers will impact the investment strategy of superannuation funds. The panelists included Tasplan chair Naomi Edwards who has experience with many mergers, VicSuper chief executive Michael Dudon whose fund is in advanced ...

Merger costs may impact short-term returns: ASI

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... transition costs, according to a panel at the 2019 Australian Superannuation Investment Conference. Appearing on the panel, Tasplan chair Naomi Edwards said she has seen the fund go from $2.5 billion to just under $10 billion through mergers in the last ...

Super fund launches adviser portal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
... experience too," she said. Financial Standard previously reported Statewide Super had plans to merge with WA Super and Tasplan, but the merger talks were dumped in June. Had the merger gone ahead, it would have seen the creation of a $24 billion super ...

Tasplan recruits new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
The $9 billion superannuation fund has named a former Mercer executive as its new chief investment officer. Tasplan is welcoming David Stuart to the lead investment role. He was most recently chief strategist for Mercer in the Pacific region, a role ...

Industry funds surge ahead in satisfaction

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... Financial Performance of Superannuation in Australia report's May 2019 edition. Best and worst performers UniSuper (70.9%) and Tasplan (69.6%) members were the most satisfied with the financial performance. This was followed by CareSuper (67.6%), Cbus ...

Hostplus enters merger talks

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... community clubs incorporating sporting, returned services, recreational and associated industries. Last month, MTAA Super and Tasplan announced that they had entered into a binding Memorandum of Understanding to investigate a possible merger that would ...

Industry funds consider $22bn merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... Two industry superannuation funds are considering merging to create a $22 billion superannuation fund. MTAA Super and Tasplan have entered into a binding Memorandum of Understanding to investigate a possible merger that would see the creation of a $22 ...

Statewide Super cans merger plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
Statewide Super has dumped plans to merge with Tasplan and WA Super, saying it will now pursue other opportunities. As exclusively revealed by Financial Standard in March, the $9.8 billion superannuation fund had signed a Memorandum of Understanding ...

Super fund proxy voting behaviour revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... A further four funds provided limited disclosures of international proxy voting records, being BT, First State Super, Tasplan and UniSuper. Of the 50 funds, just three supported more than 75% of the shareholder proposals on environmental, social or governance ...