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AI can improve super fund value chain: CFA Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
... and dynamic support for members. "We believe AI should play a major role in balancing personalisation and simplicity, accounting for individual needs and varying levels of financial literacy. This should foster increased member engagement and promote ...

AMP defies super fund herd with Bitcoin bet

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... manager Steve Flegg made public that the fund had "took the plunge" into crypto, with its exposure to digital assets now accounting for 0.05% of its total assets under management - $57 billion. Flegg said crypto had "become too big, and its potential ...

Oaktree completes $240m AZ NGA deal

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... with Oaktree gives us the capital to fund our short-to-medium term plans and continue enhancing our proposition to accounting and advice businesses," Barrett said. "In the next 12 months, our focus is on accelerating our super firm program, ramping up ...

BNP Paribas secures Insignia mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... strategy, we undertook a review of our custody and related services arrangements," Insignia Financial general manager, fund accounting and operations Kirk Newey said. "Following an extensive tender process, we chose BNP Paribas' Securities Services business. ...

Australia home to 43 billionaires: UBS

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... billionaires, the research found, noting that almost half work in the consumer and retail and materials sectors with each accounting for 24%. This is followed by the technology sector and financial services sectors at 16% each. "Just as a few big US ...

First Sentier expands mandate with Northern Trust

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... an extended agreement. Under the new terms, Northern Trust will integrate custody, depositary/trustee services, fund accounting, share-class hedging, transfer agency and regulatory reporting services for First Sentier. These services will be rolled out ...

Engage Financial launches practice management firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... manager development services. Engage Financial said the new partner firm is designed specifically for financial advisory, accounting, mortgage brokerage, and law firms. The company aims to transform leadership teams and business operations, enabling ...

Treasury reappoints 24 members to FSCP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024
... business, administration of companies, financial markets, financial products and financial services, law, economics, accounting, taxation and credit activities and credit services. The reappointed members are Shabnam Amirbeaggi, Debra Anderson, Julie-Anne ...

Half of advice, super complaints result in no remedy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... framework. In the advice space, the report revealed that service-related issues were overwhelmingly the main complaint, accounting for three times more complaints than the second most common issue. The top three issues for investments and advice complaints ...

Firms treat CSLR as 'insurance policy': FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... which she describes as "complicated", as the structure of the advice profession is different to professions like law, accounting, engineering and so on - but it is an area the FAAA is looking into. Dixon Advisory inquiry update The public inquiry into ...