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First State Super and VicSuper officially merge
First State Super and VicSuper have completed their merger to create a fund managing over $120 billion for 1.1 million members.
In an announcement First State Super chief executive, Deanne Stewart, said the merged fund would have scale to drive down its administration and investments costs and that the savings would be passed onto members.
Also commenting, VicSuper’s former chief executive, Michael Dundon said: “Our merger with First State Super is already delivering great outcomes for VicSuper members with a 20% reduction in fees for accumulation members within the first year.
“While VicSuper has been a high-performing fund, our board knew that accessing scale through a merger would be key to driving value for our members into the future.”
Dundon would now join First State Super as a member of the executive team where he would be responsible for overseeing the integration of VicSuper and support other future merger opportunities.
The fund’s trustee board’s independent chair, Neil Cochrane, said the board had welcomed four VicSuper directors. These were Gabrielle Bell, Partricia Faulkner, Antoinette Masiero, and Travis Bates.
Sue Carter and Rod Harty had stepped down from the First State Super Board though Harty remained a member of the member services committee.
The announcement noted that while fund operations, investments and employees were not part of one merged entity, the VicSuper brand would remain in market.
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