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Farewell TelstraSuper: Largest corporate fund explores merger options

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
TelstraSuper is searching for a merger partner, after its board concluded that size and scale are "increasingly important" to serving members' best financial interests. "The TelstraSuper Board see this as an exciting opportunity for members as we ...

Count renews Iress contract

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... supported with the most powerful, efficient, and secure tools in the market. We know that with Xplan, we can continue to grow at scale and with efficiency while Iress as our partner will continue to listen and improve the product to match our needs," ...

Former Diverger managing director joins VBP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
... is ideally positioned to help advisers solve that problem. There is also an exciting opportunity to help advisers achieve scale and efficiency benefits through process optimisation and the effective use of technology," Jacobsen said. "I am excited to ...

Insignia FUM grows by $11bn, completes platform migration

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
... 2023. "Strong growth in FUMA over the quarter has been supported by positive investment markets and reflects the benefits of scale, while our flagship Expand platform is achieving consistent net inflows," Hartley said. "The successful, highly complex ...

AustralianSuper announces insurance changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
AustralianSuper will introduce a new age-based insurance cover scale for members aged 15 to 25 from June 1 this year. New age-based cover amounts will automatically start on June 1 for members younger than 25 years old because they have made certain ...

Franklin Templeton to build advanced financial AI platform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... business applications to help Franklin Templeton rapidly embed AI in its processes and enable digital transformation at scale. This new AI platform will be built using Microsoft Azure AI services including Azure OpenAI Service (GPT-4 model), Azure AI ...

Crescent Wealth to merge into Russell Investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... to their financial interests," and net returns "aren't consistent with market rates," indicative of poor performance. Scale was also pinpointed as an issue; with total member assets of $419 million and just under 12,000 members, the fund was operating ...

The risks and opportunities in advice: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... help, guidance, and advice. It's central to the retirement proposition of the fund. We've got the strategy, the scale, and a very unique commitment to advice, which puts us very well placed for our members to provide an exceptional service for ...

AMP Advice partners with BlackRock and Lonsec

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... together with Lonsec's investment manager research and manager selection capabilities to deliver portfolio customisation at scale to advice practices. The solution is underpinned by BlackRock's global managed portfolio customisation technology, which ...

Antipodes acquires boutique manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... Funds Management) said it determined that its funds and investors will "be best served by partnering with a firm with larger scale and resources." Premium said it chose to partner with Antipodes "given its significant resources and expertise in managing ...
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