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Super funds to 'look more like insurers'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... pressure on existing systems, especially as super fund investments continue to broaden. Speaking at the AM Tech Day summit in Sydney, Finbourne Technology chief executive Thomas McHugh said Australia's super funds are approaching a major change to how ...

Super doesn't have to be 'boring', but innovation is key

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... all pointed to slow moving systems as standing in the way of innovation while speaking at the AM Tech Day conference in Sydney. AMP group executive, platforms Edwina Maloney said traditional thinking within Australia's finance sector has held back the ...

Data is our biggest challenge: Aware Super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... internal management foundations and drive growth. Two years on from that discussion, speaking at the AM Tech Day event in Sydney today, Clavin said the fund faced an uphill battle at the beginning. "Data was probably our biggest challenge. There was ...

Partners Group buys local data centre operator

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... contracts with global hyperscale customers and cloud operators. The announcement follows GreenSquareDC's first acquisition in Sydney and has secured land options on several sites in strategic locations across Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth. It also boasts ...

Swiss fund manager expands in Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
Swiss investment firm Youngtimers AG has expanded in the region with the acquisition of Sydney-based Richmond Funds Management (RFM). Youngtimers is set to acquire RFM, which has more than $200 million in assets under management (AUM) from Senry Holdings. ...

Dania Zinurova exits Wilson AM

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... Infrastructure Trust (DDIT) - has held many leaderships roles throughout her 24-year career. Zinurova joined Geoff Wilson's Sydney-based fund manager in 2020 from WTW where she was head of real assets for the Australian business after serving as ...

Sandi Orleow joins ECP board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... private and listed companies, superannuation, and member-based organisations. These include Pengana International Equities, Sydney Financial Forum, Active Super, ACT Treasury and chairs the Australian CFA Diversity Council. "Sandi has a passion for innovation ...

Large financial firms falling behind on AI adoption

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... medium sized businesses when it comes to adoption, according to Evolved.AI chief executive Mike Kollo. Kollo - who is in Sydney preparing to present at the upcoming AM Tech Day Summit - told Financial Standard that larger institutions have spent too ...

BNP Paribas wins new custody mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... billion in the six months to December last year. Over the period, it secured a $4.4 billion mandate from The University of Sydney Endowment Fund and, in late December, locked in a $319.6 billion custody deal with Insignia Financial.

Sydney to host global superannuation summit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
Sydney will stage a global superannuation summit in the second half of the year, on the heels of the inaugural industry gathering in the US last week. NSW treasurer Daniel Mookhey said the Sydney Superannuation Summit will cement the city's growing ...