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Guideway launches file note AI tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
Guideway Financial Services has a new tool built on generative artificial intelligence (AI) that accurately converts client conversations into file notes, saving financial advisers up to two hours in administration time. FinTalk, which was built in-house ...

Australian Retirement Trust completes Woolworths, Endeavour merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2023
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has finalised its merger with Woolworths and Endeavour Group, adding over 25,000 new members. Following the successor fund transfer (SFT) with Woolworths and Endeavour, ART's funds under management increased by ...

Vanguard appoints head of strategy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023
Vanguard Australia has confirmed that Matthew Dempster has been appointed head of strategy. Dempster - who has been with the fund for nearly 13 years - was promoted from senior manager of strategic growth. In the new role, he will work with the executive ...

Frontier adds two consultants

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
Frontier Advisors has added two new consultants to its real assets and defensive assets and private markets teams. Daniel Cave comes on board as a senior consultant and will focus on infrastructure and broader real assets research and client responsibilities. ...

State Super equities lead exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
After five and a half years at State Super, Andrew Huang has departed to set up his own shop in the sustainability space. As reported last week, Jonathan Chung has stepped into Huang's role of senior investment manager - equities. Huang has left ...

Crypto lender sentenced for false licence

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
Melbourne-based cryptocurrency lender Helio Lending (Helio) has been sentenced to a non-conviction bond for falsely claiming that it held an Australian credit licence (ACL) when it did not. In 2019, Helio falsely represented on its website that it held ...

Norway's sovereign wealth fund returns 10%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023
Norway's $1.4 trillion Government Pension Fund Global returned 10% in the first half, equivalent to $343 billion. Norges Bank Investment Management reported a $13.7% return on equity investments for the first half of 2023, while fixed income yielded ...

MLC Life backs adviser platform

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
MLC Life Insurance has assisted the launch of Risk Hub, a new support platform designed to help advisers excel in risk advice. Risk Hub was officially launched this month by founder and former Zurich Financial Services head of digital Marc Fabris. It ...

PGIM client group lead in sudden departure

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
After just three months, the head of PGIM's Australia client group suddenly left the firm. PGIM has confirmed that Murray Brewer - who spent more than 14 years with T. Rowe Price - has departed the US$1.2 trillion investment manager. It is understood ...

Industry fund chief named Fund Executive of the Year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
... largest industry superannuation fund has taken out the FEAL Fund Executive of the Year award. Australian Retirement Trust (ART) chief executive Bernard Reilly has received the accolade, recognised for his role in the merger of Sunsuper and QSuper, which ...