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Remembering Helen Hewett

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... female representation and mental health following the former Cbus chief executive's passing this week. Remembered as an astute leader and visionary of the super sector, Helen Hewett led Cbus from 1997 to 2004 and was the fund's deputy secretary ...

Climate science skills needed in financial services

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
... structural realignment of Australia's economy," FINSIA chief executive Chris Whitehead said. "This realignment relies upon the astute allocation of capital and finance. These skills need to be developed swiftly and on a large scale." Whitehead referred ...

Lumiant launches fact find module

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... means giving money meaning and placing the client's life at the heart of the experience." The latest survey comes after Astute Wealth Advice accused Lumiant of ripping off its 5-Minute health check questionnaire and served a Cease and Desist letter. ...

Fintechs settle legal stoush

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
Astute Wealth Advice and Lumiant have reached an agreement to settle an alleged copyright breach. According to AstuteWheel managing director Hans Egger, Lumiant has agreed to a number of actions set out in the Cease and Desist letter sent earlier this ...

Astute Wealth alleges copyright breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
Astute Wealth Advice is alleging that another fintech has ripped off its proprietary questionnaire and has been forced to legal take action. Astute served a Cease and Desist letter to Lumiant, alleging that it breached "substantial copyright" with respect ...

James Murdoch launches SPAC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... value," the filings said. "Their partnership is globally recognized as one that has created significant value through their astute understanding of the Asian consumer market, combined with their unique capacity to identify opportunities, catalyse change ...

Advisers laud Xplan software

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... goals-based advice application. In other categories, IOOF's Wealth Central is the best new advice tech application; Astute Wheel won the best client discovery application; and Xeppo was awarded the best business management application. Investment ...

BetaShares targets HNW market with new role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
... high-net-worth investor space to the role and help to build on the company's position in the Australian wholesale market. "Astute HNW investors are always looking for cutting-edge strategies and themes to build out their portfolios and using ETFs to ...

QIC enters private debt, hires from AMP Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... markets," Jones said. "By providing a leading, skilled, active management approach to private debt, which will include astute asset selection, debt structuring and management, QIC will prioritise our investors and deliver them the strongest returns available." ...

Pension funds unite for ESG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... group added. "While for many this will require greater ambition than in the past, we believe companies demonstrating ESG-astute practices and disclosure will outperform over the long-term," the chief executives said. "We are inspired by this opportunity ...