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Lowy-backed Assembly acquires childcare centres

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
The Lowy Family Group backed Assembly Funds Management has acquired six early learning centres in North West Sydney. The acquisition is in partnership with Harrington Property Funds Management and will see the six childcare centres operated by Young ...

ERS disproportionately impacted women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... were impacted, is to seek financial advice. Many funds such as Rest offer online advice tools and services, as well as learning centers to help educate their members on how to make the most informed decisions. "Over the past year, we've seen a huge uptake ...

CommSec launches trade knowledge tool

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... pre-COVID trends. In response to more investors entering the market, CommSec has launched CommSec Learn, a series of free learning topics with videos and exercises designed to help investors expand their knowledge. CommSec executive general manager Richard ...

ASX profits slide, names chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has recorded a fall in profit in its half-year results and has replaced its chair following the retirement of its incumbent. Net profit after tax dropped 3.4% to $241.8 million and net interest income down 39.5% ...

Lakehouse Capital adds return-to-work appointment

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... said. "As I look to resume my career, I think this opportunity will help me transition back into the industry whilst also learning from and contributing to a growing funds management business." Lakehouse senior analyst and lead on ESG and diversity ...

JPMAM hires ESG expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... investing research analyst, joining JPMAM in November last year. Harden is focused on applying data science and machine learning techniques towards ESG data and materiality research and China ESG initiatives. Prior to the appointment, Harden was a data ...

Amazon Web Services expands Australian operations

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... leading cloud including compute, storage, analytics, artificial intelligence, database, Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, mobile services, serverless, and more to drive innovation. AWS senior vice president of global infrastructure Peter DeSantis ...

ClearView streamlines underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... cloud-based underwriting rules engine to speed up the underwriting process. The use of predictive modelling and machine learning aims to create efficiencies when onboarding new customers and reduce the number of underwriting questions. ClearView general ...

End of the road for advice qualifications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... the super and SMSF spaces. Knight said the new qualifications are designed to benefit the industry, with individuals learning both in-depth knowledge and technical skills, and the necessary skills to develop and maintain compliant back-office procedures. ...

Pension funds told to practice what they preach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... "Benchmarks create a race to the top by providing comparative insight and identifying front runners, stimulating sector-wide learning and the sharing of good practices," she said. "Fortunately, we see an upward trend in the performance of the pension ...