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UniSuper battles major system outage

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
... also down and that the outage has been ongoing since at least Monday evening. UniSuper said the issue originated from a third-party provider and is not the result of a breach. In a statement to Financial Standard, UniSuper confirmed the third-party provider ...

Australian Retirement Trust applies new investment exclusion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
... expanded to include companies that derive 10% or more of their total revenues from mining thermal coal or the sale of it to third parties. Speaking to Financial Standard, ART said the super fund was committed to achieving a net zero greenhouse gas emissions ...

Succession planning troubles family offices: J.P. Morgan

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... the community. "In the US, respondents noted that philanthropy is the primary method to engage the next generation, with a third also requiring external professional experience," the study found. "Internationally, family offices claim that involvement ...

Almost one third fail adviser exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
Nearly one third (30%) of candidates who sat the latest round of the Financial Advisers Exam failed. A total of 298 candidates sat the 24 th exam, which is mandatory for those who want to practice as a financial adviser. The majority (77%) sat the exam ...

New framework for investors to navigate AI released

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... infrastructure required to drive success in an AI-enabled world," Cairns said. "What we are most excited by is the second and third wave, where we see AI creating opportunities for a breadth of traditional sectors, like banking and mining, through improved ...

The funds delivering up to 30% returns: Mercer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... a massive 32% annual return, before fees. QVG's Long Short Fund wasn't far behind, delivering a 31.8% annual return. In third place was Smallco's Broadcap fund with a 30.3% return. The three top funds more than doubled the 14.4% return offered by the ...

Dividends up but share buybacks fall: Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... the most, spending $69 billion less than the previous year. Among these, Microsoft and Meta reduced buybacks by almost one third, and Apple by one seventh. Outside the US, companies in the UK were the biggest buyers of their own shares, accounting for ...

Fund managers nervously await 'golden visa' reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... unsuitable applicants or corruption. "The screening process also deals with individual character and money laundering. Roughly a third of applicants are either knocked back or withdrawn, demonstrating the rigorous screening of applicants," Di Mattina ...

Macquarie Bank to pay $10m for unauthorised fee transactions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... penalty of $10 million for failing to have effective controls to prevent and detect unauthorised fee transactions conducted by third parties, such as financial advisers, on customer cash management accounts. ASIC chair Joe Longo said fraud controls were ...

South Australia recognised as 'economic leader'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... quarter of 2023. New South Wales (NSW) came second with an output 8.6% above its long-term average, while Victoria took third place with 8.5%. South Australia had the lowest unemployment rate (3.8%) which is 35.8% below its decade average. Western Australia ...