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AIA Australia names head of wellbeing

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024
... Australia and the UK. She has held senior roles at EMLife and Rehab Management and was most recently the head of strategy and insight global underwriting and claims at Swiss Re for six months. Hartley is also a board director of the Australasian Life ...

Advisers encouraged to engage with clients' kids

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
New research from AMP has revealed Australians' attitudes to intergenerational wealth. The research found half of those under 40 believe they will need to support their parents financially as they age, with children and their parents reluctant to ...

Cbus strategy chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024
The chief strategy officer of Cbus Super has resigned from the post after eight years with the fund. Alexandra West was less than a year into her new role as strategy chief before she resigned effective June 7. West stepped into the newly created role ...

ESSSuper appoints two executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
ESSSuper appointed its inaugural chief member officer and recruited a new chief financial officer, both of whom have extensive experience in the industry fund sector. Becoming the first chief member officer for the $35 billion super fund, Stuart Wilkinson ...

QIC backs new venture capital initiative

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
The Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has backed a new initiative to address underrepresentation of female investors in venture capital. The initiative, 77 Venture Fellows, is a venture capital deep emersion program for 10 female candidates, with ...

ETFs trump active managed funds in core portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
Financial advisers are helping drive the shift to passive funds as they choose exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over active, unlisted managed funds as a core building block in clients' portfolios. According to Investment Trends head of research Irene Guiamatsia ...

Advisers encouraged to embrace AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
The Investment Trends Adviser Technology Needs Report found financial advisers are showing a strong demand for better technology integration as they look to consolidate their tech stacks. Interestingly, the survey found the adoption of artificial intelligence ...

Brighter Super launches Retire Easy Pension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
Brighter Super has introduced the Retire Easy Pension strategy, which involves dividing a member's retirement savings into three distinct buckets. Launching the product last month, Brighter Super said it marks the first stage of the fund's new ...

Morningstar names new manager research lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
Morningstar Australasia has recruited a former Insignia Financial executive to lead its manager research team and its coverage of Australian and New Zealand fund managers. Matt Olsen - who joins Morningstar as director of manager research ratings for ...

AllianceBernstein appoints chief AI officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
AllianceBernstein announced Andrew Chin has been named the investment firm's first-ever chief artificial intelligence officer. Chin has been working with the firm for 27 years having started as chief risk officer and head of quantitative research ...