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Large financial firms falling behind on AI adoption

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... Kollo said to benefit from the use of AI, companies need to change the narrative with their staff to focus on the positive rather than the risks. "Some staff will get it immediately, some won't, and some are still living in the world where terminators ...

REITs to finally see 'watershed' moment: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... for a turnaround with the exception of office. But even in that sector, it appears that "any negative momentum has been rather minimal." Using Charter Hall (CHC) as a case in point, the research found that against a backdrop of steadying and mildly improving ...

CSC-backed fund manager to launch in Netherlands

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... an incredibly exciting opportunity. With the support of our institutional shareholders this venture will be a scale-up rather than a start-up and will leverage the brand, combined distribution networks and sustainable expertise of our sister company ...

ASIC bans Brisbane-based financial services director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... business restructure process of JB Markets. In doing this, Aardoom represented the other company as a creditor of JB Markets, rather than a shareholder. This was done to enable the other company to vote in the restructure and diminish the voting power ...

Solutions to avoid concentration risk: Scientific Beta

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... across different market environments. "This reinforces the importance of maintaining a stable allocation across factors rather than trying to predict changes in concentration trend."

MLC wary of but not opposed to bitcoin

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... in bitcoin in the future, but now is not the right time. "Like many institutional investors, we remain in the 'not now', rather than 'not ever' to bitcoin camp," Farmer said. "Wind the clock back a few years and if you had asked investment professionals ...

UniSuper targets 'missing middle' with new digital advice offering

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... said. He said, however, that the fund spent "a lot of time and investment" determining its business requirements first. Rather than looking to a vendor to solve the problem at hand, the fund focused on understanding the needs of its members and its unique ...

Convicted adviser fails to appeal prison sentence

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... involved [in his offending], there is simply no basis for the suggestion that the sentence was 'wholly outside the range'. Rather, we consider it to be lenient," the joint statement read. Grimm will serve the balance of his sentence.

Our results were strong: Alexis George

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... threats, George said AMP's platforms are well priced and that margin declines weren't due to pricing pressure but rather a shift in asset mix, with more advisers using managed accounts. She expects ongoing innovation in that space and highlighted ...

Super's operational infrastructure 'not quite right'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... and is likely to entail considerable cost, time and effort. We would like to see greater recognition of the situation, rather than presuming the underlying problems can be easily addressed and that 'super funds are failing their members' simply because ...