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Qantas Super taps fintech as an investment consultant

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... ultimately improving its ability to service its members. Qantas Super has also implemented Ortec's performance attribution platform, PEARL, to improve its performance and attribution capabilities. The initial phase of PEARL's implementation was completed ...

Hejaz awards technology mandate to wealth platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
Hejaz has appointed wealth fintech Openmarkets to equip its in-development Shariah-compliant investment platform with trading and execution technology solutions. Openmarkets will support the platform with API-led market infrastructure technology, enabling ...

Heartland finally gets regulatory approval for Challenger Bank acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... distribution channels," Howes said at the time. Heartland said it plans to leverage Challenger Bank's foundation and funding platform to accelerate growth in Australia. It also plans to expand into new product segments, such as asset finance and motor ...

Income AM bolsters sales function

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
ASX-listed bond broking firm Income Asset Management has hired a team of fixed income specialists from rival FIIG Securities. The six recruits will report to IAM's head of sales for capital markets Jenna Labib. The appointments come one year after ...

Macquarie executive to become chief product officer at BT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... Macquarie for more than two decades, most recently as head of value added services, responsible for the business bank's platform strategy. She also previously served as chief product owner for wealth management, worked in product development for Macquarie ...

Perennial renews contract with SS&C

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... "SS&C's expansive expertise in the Australian market has enabled us to consolidate the investor experience to a single platform which will enhance the service experience for our advisers and clients," she said. Last month, SS&C scored regulatory ...

Former adviser slapped with 12 charges

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... appeared on A Current Affair claiming that he was the victim of a scam. Valvo said he lost $50,000 through a fake trading platform. His family and friends also lost money from the scam. He told the program that he had been "in the [financial planning] ...

Wealth firm gears up to change administrator

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... funds under management of $1.6 billion. The migration will move these members from an old FNZ technology to a new SS&C platform called Acclaim Online. Acclaim Wealth chief executive Terry Constable told Financial Standard this represents a significant ...

Financial Conduct Authority cracks down on finfluencers, firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... financial decisions. The FCA defines a finfluencer as someone who is "promoting the services of a firm on a social media platform in a bid to acquire more views and attention for their content" and are "directly compensated by the social media platform ...

HMC Capital acquires asset manager

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... billion, and a further $5 billion of opportunities under review. StratCap is a vertically integrated asset management platform specialising in North American digital infrastructure. It focused its strategy on the aggregation of high-quality cell tower ...