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Cbus, Media Super merger progresses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
The two industry superannuation funds will move on to the next phase of merger preparations, as the smaller of the two confirms the closure of numerous investment options. Cbus and Media Super have announced they are commencing work on a merger plan ...

Industry fund names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... in the New Year. Kaspar was chief executive of Kinetic Super from August 2016 until December 2018, including during its merger with Sunsuper in May 2018. She was also a non-executive director of the fund from November 2010 to August 2016. Most recently ...

JANA appoints NFP head

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... like other asset consultants -- looks to diversify its client base outside of traditional superannuation clients, who face merger pressures and are developing sophisticated internal investment teams. It said non-super clients have been the fastest growing ...

How far are we from a trillion-dollar super fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
AustralianSuper's total assets ticked up to $200 billion, after a record-new 400,000 signups in FY20 and strong performance. As at November-end, it had over 2.3 million members from around 330,000 businesses, implying about 10% of Australia's ...

New AMP Australia chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
AMP has appointed a new chief executive for the AMP Australia business, replacing Alex Wade who exited suddenly. Former Sunsuper chief executive Scott Hartley will take over from Blair Vernon, who has been acting in the position since Wade's sudden ...

UniSuper wins in court judgement on board

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... and non-academic staff" while NTEU represents "academic staff and general/professional staff". UniSuper was formed by the merger of Tertiary Education Superannuation Scheme (TESS) and Superannuation Scheme for Australian Universities (SSAU) via a successor ...

US regulator, states sue Facebook

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... even better. And we did," Newstead said. The lawsuit risks sowing doubt and uncertainty about the US government's own merger review process and whether acquiring businesses can actually rely on the outcomes of the legal process, she added. "It would ...

WA Super trio launches boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... investment officer Chris West and two others have launched a new investment consultancy, following the completion of its merger with Aware Super. Context Capital will provide investment advice to advice businesses, wealth firms and family offices, and ...

Aware Super completes WA Super merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
The industry superannuation fund has completed its merger with WA Super initiated earlier this year and now has $135 billion in assets and one million members. The merger gives Aware Super 60,000 members in Western Australia. The smaller fund's ...

Former Cbus chief takes prime role at AMP Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... the chief executive of Emergency Services and State Super (ESSS Super) and Just Super (now Media Super, and considering a merger with Cbus ). He joins AMP Capital at a time when it faces a cultural fallout from harassment claims against executive Boe ...