Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 81 - 90 of 695 results for "Mergers"

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 ...

Australian Retirement Trust people chief to depart

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
... joined ART in August 2021. She has had 35 years of experience in organisational development, human resource management, mergers and transformational culture change across diverse industry sectors. Previously, she held senior roles at Queensland Rail ...

Most in-demand skills for financial services workers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... wealth management sector have been steady but subdued, with many organisations experiencing leadership changes due to mergers, consolidation, and acquisitions. "These member funds are still focused on improving retention levels and digital transformation ...

Retail funds drive down admin fees: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
... efficiencies and synergies due to the realisation of economies of scale. "Further, it is important that super funds undergoing mergers/SFTs commit to appropriate levels of operational synergies, timing/phasing of synergy realisation and a disciplined ...

Platform reveals advice firms' top issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
... management included human resources, workflow, process design, succession, referrals, outsourcing, efficiency, practice mergers and acquisitions, and compliance. Within advice technology, advisers commonly shared tools and processes that have improved ...

Another corporate fund bites the dust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... retirement savings of the car manufacturer's employees. It's existed in its current form since 2000, the result of several mergers including the combination of the Nissan Executive Superannuation Trust and the Nissan Retirement Fund. However, in that ...

Aware Super hires head of corporate development

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... Investor division, including Vanguard Super. Stevens brings extensive experience in the superannuation space, and with mergers, having previously been chief executive of AustSafe Super for nearly 13 years. AustSafe merged with Sunsuper in 2019 and Stevens ...

'Just do what you say you'll do': ASIC's message to trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... said. "Regardless, trustees have their obligations to meet. So, if you're going to have the scale in terms of the mergers, the size and the growth, then you need to have the right risk management, right systems, invest in the capabilities to meet ...

OpenMarkets brings on corporate advisory firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
... markets transactions, including IPOs rights issues and placements, as well as private capital raisings. It also advises on mergers and acquisitions, schemes of arrangements, and management buyouts. Under the agreement, Rawson Lewis will operate as a ...

OneSuper to take on more super products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... of about 32,000 members. In explaining to members of the various products, Diversa said: "APRA is actively encouraging mergers between superannuation funds, where the merger is considered to be in the best financial interests of members." "Mergers result ...