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Selfwealth expands leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
The platform welcomed a chief experience officer, chief technology officer, and head of marketing and communication. Selfwealth said it is investing in new talent, adding to its leadership in a demonstration of its commitment to driving innovation and ...

AMP upgrades North investment platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
AMP's North wrap platform has introduced a feature that enables financial advisers to select investments by entering a client's target portfolio weightings. The investment switch functionality is designed to better align with how advisers construct ...

Ontario Teachers' massively underperforms benchmark

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... by 1.8%. The shortfall was largely attributed to insufficient investment in listed equities, particularly major US technology stocks, and adjusted valuations in infrastructure and real estate due to rising interest rates. Ontario Teachers' president ...

Hostplus rejects anti-competitive behaviour claims

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
Hostplus rejects claims it is promoting anti-competitive behaviour in attempting to ban human resources technology platforms from offering employees choice of superannuation funds at the onboarding process. Employment Hero chief executive Ben Thompson ...

MetLife chair Geoff Brunsdon retires after 13 years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... lawyer with extensive governance experience. "MetLife is at a turning point as we transform our business, leveraging technology to help us deliver a better customer experience and manage operational risk," Nunn said. "As we do this, we will benefit from ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is perhaps the most transformative technology since the advent of the internet, poised to herald an unprecedented digital economic revolution. To appear at the precipice of the movement, some are employing deceptive tactics ...

InvestSMART launches investing platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... ability to white label InvestSMART's professionally managed portfolios and sing a long-term licence for the sophisticated technology allows us to empower more Australians to build wealth with confidence, regardless of their experience level..." Editor's ...

Aware Super appoints member strategy lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... expertise on personalising consumer experiences joining the team, we will be able to leverage our leading data and technology stack to further embed and deepen our members-first approach in the industry." Cramond said: "Retirement is a deeply personal ...

Count completes Diverger acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... integrated accounting, wealth and services providers, including the ability to secure better rates on platforms, insurances, technology and research services." Count paid $1.3651 for every Diverger share following a 99.97% approval from shareholders ...

Insight Investment Consultants rebrands

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... offering. "We've listened to the needs of advisers and licensees in recent months and have developed a robust process and technology systems to support our new research offering that we are confident will appeal to a wide audience," he said. Meantime ...