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AFCA highlights 'pattern of delays' in super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
... should identify where the timeframes are missed, determine the root cause of these failures, and proactively invest in technology and staffing to meet compliance standards. Meantime, within investments and advice, only one common systemic issue was observed ...

Acenda forms innovation function to create new insurance propositions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
... distribution officer, and at Firemark Ventures, the venture capital arm of general insurer IAG, as director of emerging technology. Acenda chief claims and transformation officer Andrew Beevors said the function will support embedding an "innovation ...

OneVue, Spectrum drive Praemium to record FUA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
The acquisition of OneVue and significant flows into the recently launched Spectrum offering have pushed Praemium's funds under administration (FUA) to $62.3 billion. Praemium's total FUA is up 17% year on year, its most recent quarterly update shows. ...

Australian equity fund manager in a league of its own: Mercer survey

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... Australian Shares Fund for the year. "The drivers of absolute return continued to be from large investments in three technology businesses: sports technology company Catapult, financial software business Bravura, and mining software provider RPMGlobal," ...

ASIC loses Block Earner case

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... product of the kind alleged by ASIC. "This case highlights the importance of ensuring regulations evolve alongside technology. Without modernised guidance, Australia risks losing fintech innovation to offshore markets more supportive of responsible crypto ...

Selfwealth shareholders resoundingly greenlight takeover proposal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... "highly attractive for shareholders" and anticipated that Selfwealth customers would benefit from Syfe's commitment to technology-led diversified wealth solutions. She said it represents an opportune time for shareholders to crystallise the value of ...

Iress offloads QuantHouse

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... in the transition to BAHA's ownership. Privately owned, Vienna-based BAHA provides market data, financial news, technology and solutions for the financial services industry covering more than 12 million financial instruments. Iress Group chief executive ...

Challenger posts mixed Q3 FY25 result

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... executive Nick Hamilton said in the quarter Challenger "maintained momentum" in making significant progress delivering new technology while broadening its customer footprint. "Challenger saw continued sales growth across domestic lifetime annuities and ...

New government must prioritise payday super: SMC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... Payments Platform (NPP) banking system to enable a wholesale migration to data-rich real-time payments continues, this technology is currently immature and out of scope of the payday super policy, reliance on its completion ahead of the July 2026 deadline ...

Apex awarded $2.3bn fund admin mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... transaction processing and improved reporting tools." The move also provides the credit manager access to "scalable" technology to support its continued growth and evolving product suite, Apex said. Commenting, Apex Group business development director ...