The merger of Industry Fund Services and Members Equity, creating an enterprise with $26 billion in assets, marks the “end of the beginning for the industry fund movement”, according to the deal’s chief architect, Garry Weaven.
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Weaven’s last hurrah: industry funds enter new era
The merger of Industry Fund Services and Members Equity, creating an enterprise with $26 billion in assets, marks the “end of the beginning for the industry fund movement”, according to the deal’s chief architect, Garry Weaven.
