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Super industry to branch out: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... streamline their in-house processes to focus on investment while outsourcing other functions. "Most superannuation funds will outsource basic administration functions such as transactions processing, unit pricing and member statements as these are commodity ...

Personal finance app retires Australian business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
A personal finance management app provider has been hit by several forces such as COVID-19, forcing it out of the Australian market. Moneytree will discontinue services in Australia from 15 January 2021. Moneytree LINK, a financial data platform for ...

Tourmaline hires two leads, expands footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
Tourmaline Partners has hired two new managing directors, one is based in Sydney and the other will lead its newly established Dallas office. The trading solutions firm for asset managers and hedge funds named Yuki Shimada as director of Asia Pacific ...

Kiwi firm rejects AustralianSuper takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
AustralianSuper's attempt to takeover a New Zealand infrastructure and renewable energy company for $5.1 billion has been rejected. The New Zealand stock exchange-listed Infratil (IFT) this morning rejected the bid, saying that the proposals are ...

NAB wins custody mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
NAB Asset Servicing has been appointed the custodian for a banking group. Suncorp Group's insurance, wealth and funds management businesses will use NAB Asset Servicing as custodian in Australia and New Zealand. The contract includes nine Suncorp entities ...

Dealer service provider adds former MLC advice firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
ClearView's LaVista Licensee Solutions is adding a former MLC Financial Planning firm. LaVista will provide licensee services to Sydney-based Investorplan. "I get a lot of confidence knowing that LaVista leverages the back-office resources and infrastructure ...

Industry fund shifts service functions to Link

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
A major industry superannuation fund has outsourced all of its service centre functions to Link Group. From 1 March 2021, Hostplus' contact centre, communications, complaints and employer servicing functions will transition to Link Group and housed ...

World largest asset owners increase ESG, AUM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
The largest asset owners in the world have increased both their monetary and social reach with active ownership becoming a key investment strategy, according to new research. The Thinking Ahead Institute's Asset Owner 100 (AO100) report shows the largest ...

Aware Super in-houses fund administration

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
Aware Super is implementing a new suite of technology products that will allow it to in-source member experience, including administration, so far done by Mercer. The fund signed a long-term contract with Bravura, for an initial term of seven years. ...

ACCC amends consumer data right rules

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) amended the consumer data right rules to allow intermediaries to collect data on behalf of third party recipients. The changes will allow accredited businesses to obtain consumer data with their ...