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AI use limited but take up rises among advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024
... use AI to summarise client meetings, 49% create content with it, while 35% find it helpful to automate back-office operations. AI chatbots such as OpenAI's ChatGPT are the most popular (69%), followed by Microsoft's Co-Pilot (54%). Across the board ...

Funds SA adds to leadership team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... making a series of promotions. After a year in the top job, Piteo has elevated nine staffers in investment, finance and operations, analytics, and relationship management. He has appointed two executive directors and four new business heads. "Our people ...

AustralianSuper bids farewell to retirement chief

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... the fund. Blackmore, also previously served as group executive of member experience and advice, and general manager operations, will leave this month. The super fund did not disclose if a search for his successor has commenced, stating further information ...

TAL names retirement and wealth lead

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
... been with TAL for six years, latest as its head of product and retirement. He was previously the head of product and operations and senior product owner. Prior to TAL, Bransdon enjoyed a 10-year stint at Macquarie Group, where he was instrumental across ...

Gap exists between licensees' AI use and governance processes: ASIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... regulatory obligations. ASIC reviewed more than 600 AI use cases across 23 licensees as at the end of 2023, which included operations in the financial advice sector and life insurance, to identify potential loopholes in AI incorporation. The Beware the ...

Down but not out: Busting defined benefit myths

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... liabilities to insurers or consolidating into master trusts like Plum or Mercer Super Trust. This helps streamline operations and reduce the burden of managing these legacy structures, she said. Separately, the presence of DB components complicates mergers. ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... confusion when you understand that the US empire is not a national government which happens to run non-stop military operations," Melbourne-based political journalist Caitlin Johnstone writes. "It's a non-stop military operation that happens to run ...

Australian Ethical awards front office mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... Ethical has awarded State Street's Charles River a mandate to automate its investment portfolio's front and middle office operations. The ethical investment manager will use Charles River's Investment Management Solution, which manages more than US$59 ...

Dinimus appoints new head of distribution

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2024
... Partners and as an associate adviser at Macquarie Bank. In the new role, Credlin will lead the firm's distribution and operations team, with a key focus on growing its investor base and building out long-term relationships across institutional and ...

Harvard endowment delivers 9.6% return, hits $53.2bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
... performance" but noted that, with the university's reliance on endowment distributions to fund a substantial portion of its operations, the endowment's orientation toward strong investment returns has been tempered by the need for budgetary stability. ...