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AI mania will underwhelm advice: Finura

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... Advice businesses realise that they can't keep throwing people at problems. It is not sustainable from a cost perspective," he said. "We feel that this will be solid year where IFAs look to make more strategic decision on technology compared to the ...

Gender pay gap reporting to be scrutinised

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... Sustainability that companies can expect their gender equity metrics to be scrutinised by investors. "Speaking from the perspective of an asset manager, if our clients put pressure on us to improve our diversity, we will listen and we will act," Ryan ...

VanEck to unveil private credit ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
... immense interest in private credit strategies, which outstripped all other major asset classes in 2023 from an income perspective. "This world of potentially higher rates for longer also bodes well for this asset class. As private credit is typically ...

Emerging markets well placed for 2024

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... for emerging markets is 8.25%, a 1.5% premium over developed markets. This is in part because, from a macroeconomic perspective, Robeco said the advantages that developed markets have enjoyed over the past decade have evaporated with the fight against ...

KKR rolls out alternatives education solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024
KKR has launched a digital education platform to help financial advisers and individual investors better understand the alternatives landscape. The KKR Alternatives Unlocked platform offers macroeconomic insights, investment perspectives and educational ...

Ontario Teachers' names chief investment officers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan's investments will now be led by two chief investment officers, one to oversee asset allocation and the other to execute on public and private investments. At the end of 2023, Ontario Teachers' chief investment officer ...

Rest awards mandate for member experience enhancement

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... shares Rest's commitment to simplicity, innovation and member empowerment," he said. "The Reunion team bring a fresh perspective to strategy, creativity and experience that we believe will be an asset as we continue to focus on helping our members make ...

What you read in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... Mota, with the chief executive saying he feels now is the "right inflection point to provide the business with fresh perspective to continue the journey." The question now is whether the appointment of his successor, the search for which is underway ...

Australian Retirement Trust selects chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
... said. "The Australian Retirement Trust board believes David's experience and capabilities, global as well as local perspective, leadership style and values will enable him to be an outstanding chief executive of ART." Fraser also acknowledged the ...

Boards unprepared for new workplace laws: Research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
New research finds most directors are concerned their boards aren't fully ready to meet new workplace sexual harassment laws introduced this week. Effective December 12, the Australian Human Rights Commission is now enforcing the Positive Duty under ...