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GBST develops private equity platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
Wealth management software business GBST has collaborated with Luna Partners to create a technology platform that connects investors and managers to the wholesale private equity market. The cloud-based SaaS platform will open investment opportunities ...

Legalsuper names chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... within Commonwealth Bank's retail division. He was most recently chief customer officer at Elula, a financial services software provider, before joining the super fund. Finally, Alissa Knight has joined the fund's Office of the CEO & Strategy. Knight ...

Iress sells mortgages arm to Bain Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
Iress will sell its UK mortgages business to Bain Capital for $164.3 million before costs. The financial software firm said the sale is a big step in its ongoing transformation strategy to sell-off non-core assets. The net proceeds from the sale will ...

Hostplus rejects anti-competitive behaviour claims

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... to choose a super fund from a limited cohort that often have undisclosed commercial arrangements with the owner of the software platform. "Failing to appropriately inform employees of the full suite of options available to them, which critically includes ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... adoption in financial services could fundamentally reshape employee tasks, from risk assessments and fraud detection to software development and customer service. It projects that nearly one-third of task hours could be automated by 2030. But, as US ...

Iress loses key wealth executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
Amara Haqqani has quit the financial software and data firm after just six months as it struggles to lift profits. The departure of Haqqani, chief product and operating officer for Iress' wealth business, comes as the firm reported a bottom-line ...

GBST upgrades WealthConnect platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... and self-managed super fund (SMSF) strategies. In May 2023, GBST acquired WealthConnect from Creativemass, a financial software provider that ceased operations. At the time, GBST chief executive Rob DeDominicis revealed to Financial Standard the company's ...

Financial services 300x more likely to get hacked: Expert

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... the dark web, so a 16-year-old hacker in his mum's basement playing games by day and hacking by night can download software created by some of the most sophisticated hackers in the world and use this software to hack you." According to Jack, the ...

ASIC files lawsuit against unlicensed director, companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... sole director of. MacroLend and Great Southland are part of the Paladin Group of companies, which also includes Kradle Software. Since January 2015, MacroLend has raised more than $47.4 million from 169 investors, including for the development of a product ...

Grok Ventures appoints new chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... milestones that unlock additional forms of financing." Grok's current investment portfolio across climate tech covers software (gridmo, Neara, WeaveGrid), renewables generation/storage hardware (SunDrive, Antora), sustainable fuels (Lydian), critical ...
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