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CA ANZ launches AI fluency certificate for finance professionals

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) has launched an AI Fluency certificate to arm financial professionals with the skills to work with Generative AI. CA ANZ group executive education and marketing Simon Hann said the certificate ...

Lakehouse Capital lists first fund on ASX

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
Boutique investment manager Lakehouse Capital, which manages $600 million, has listed its Global Growth Fund on the ASX today, its first publicly traded offering. Lakehouse Capital co-founder and chief investment officer Donny Buchanan said that listing ...

Members press super funds for sustainable investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
Members increasingly demand superannuation funds to provide ethical investment options, particularly retirees who want to leave a more sustainable world for the next generation, top super fund leaders say. Attending the Australian Council of Superannuation ...

Cybercriminals attack major super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
Cybercriminals attempted to breach the systems of several superannuation funds over the weekend, although most attacks were repelled, thousands have been affected. Rest said fewer than 1% of its members have been affected by unauthorised activity on ...

Apex wins $7bn super admin mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
Apex Group has won a mandate to administer Diversa Trustees' $7 billion master trust business. Diversa will use Apex Superannuation going forward, part of which means utilising Iress' Acurity platform. Iress offloaded its superannuation business to ...

Pendal's Blayney lands at HESTA

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
HESTA has made two new senior hires including a general manager of dynamic asset allocation and a general manager of information security. Former Pendal Group's head of multi-asset Michael Blayney will take on the former role with Nick Catherall ...

QIC appoints institutional distribution lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... and consultants. Raih also brings experience with RBC Capital Markets. Meanwhile, Simon Blondel joins QIC's Singapore office as director of institutional distribution. After spending eight years in the Brisbane office, he is tasked with leading investor ...

Zurich Australia appoints investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
Zurich Financial Services has confirmed the promotion of its deputy chief investment officer to chief investment officer. Yile Chen replaces Mathew Drennan who has served in the role since late 2022. Drennan was promoted from head of savings and investments ...

DWS fined $43m for greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... of greenwashing and weak anti-money laundering processes. However, the case brought by the Frankfurt Public Prosecutor's Office lasted longer. First lodged in 2021, the case accused DWS of greenwashing over a period of close to three years, with prosecutors ...

The super fund scouring the dark web to protect members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
A compromised identity could result in financial harm, including the loss of superannuation savings, a particularly prominent risk given the volume of members' personal data available for sale. This super fund is fighting back with a novel approach. ...