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Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... encourages mothers' workforce participation. The Parenthood chief executive Georgie Dent said the passage of the bill is "big" and "game-changing reform". "This change with the activity test is predominantly going to benefit women and households ...

Westpac's Yetton chooses to move on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
Westpac chief executive of consumer banking Jason Yetton has left the bank, prompting a search for his successor. Yetton led the consumer division since August 2023 after three years leading the bank's specialist business and group strategy. This ...

'We're not going anywhere': SS&C serious about Aussie expansion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... with every Australian super fund to showcase what it can offer and is excited about the future potential. "We're making a big push here in Australia and I think we will continue to see success," Stone said. "We're expecting to grow in the double ...

Industry must do more to improve women's financial literacy: Fidelity

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... compared to 22% of men, while 18% of women are very confident in their ability to manage their day-to-day finances and their big picture finances, compared to 28% on men. The disparity also extends to each gender's ability to evaluate investment opportunities ...

Apex on local hiring spree

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... years and plans to triple its headcount to 1000. After acquiring Iress' superannuation platform late last year, Apex's big opportunity is in member administration even though it will continue to focus on managed funds, custody, fund administration ...

Large financial firms falling behind on AI adoption

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to rise, larger financial firms are lagging small and 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 ...

Active ETF issuance forebodes bigger market share: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... 2024 and about 30% of this is invested in active ETFs. Spence said while it is still largely a passive market in ETFs, these big trends on issuance will likely prevail, and that "we're going to start to see active ETFs grow much quicker." "We think ...

UniSuper launches fresh brand campaign

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... ramp up their advertising efforts. Last year, Australian Retirement Trust launched the 'Awaken Your Super' campaign with its big blue monster, Rest unveiled the 'Super. Simple.' Campaign, and Colonial First State started urging Australians to 'Switch ...

Family office CIO joins Heritvest

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
A long-serving investment professional has been appointed to the top investment job at Heritvest Family Office. George Nassios will report to Will Zhang, chief executive of Heritvest, a multi-family office service provider with a regional presence. ...

HESTA hunts for portfolio construction and risk specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... portfolio construction and risk has exited the $93 billion super fund, underscoring the high number of senior turnovers in big super. The superannuation fund confirmed that Michael Sommers had exited and that it was looking to replace him. "We are in ...