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Showing 41 - 50 of 2024 results for "Application"

IFM Investors hires global investment research lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
... Asia Pacific. "Jeff has been a contributor and early adopter of the Total Portfolio Approach (TPA), including its application in multiple client contexts via multi-factor portfolio dashboards," IFM Investors said. "He has also worked with some of the ...

Government consults on victim access to child sex abusers' super

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... court cannot order a victim be compensated via the perpetrator's super. This includes where another party has made an application for an order of bankruptcy against the perpetrator or if they are yet to be discharged from a bankruptcy order; if family ...

Australian Unity cops fine for TMD, DDO failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026
... TMDs. On 89 occasions Australian Unity said it issued units without requiring investors to submit, as part of their application, a completed questionnaire. This was to determine if they were within the target market described in the TMDs. On 239 occasions ...

CareSuper makes sweeping insurance changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... you'll need to provide proof of your birthday (for example a current driver's licence), and we must receive your application (including evidence) within 60 days of your birthday," CareSuper said. "From 1 April 2026, a number of existing life ...

Former UGC adviser's appeal against ASIC ban accepted

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
... review of the decision with the Administrative Review Tribunal to reduce his banning order to three years. In the application, Petrovic argued the banning did not follow precedented scenarios and it was "overly harsh", citing there were adverse personal ...

Insignia sees $1.5bn inflows, updates on CC Capital takeover

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
Insignia Financial reported funds under management and administration (FUMA) of $342 billion in 2Q26, an increase of $1.5 billion. This was partially offset by net outflows of $73 million, driven by institutional outflows of $1.6 billion from direct ...

Investment managers ramp up AI use in front offices

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
Seventy percent of buy-side firms, including asset managers, pension funds and insurance companies, are adopting artificial intelligence (AI) in front offices, while more than half are scaling implementation. The 2026 Global InvestOps report from SimCorp ...

Robust demand keeps SDA, PBSA assets firmly on investors' radar

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... construction, with the remainder either having obtained DA approval but not yet commenced construction or still in the DA application process." The firm said the inflow of first-time international students pursuing higher education remains strong, underscoring ...

ASIC seeks feedback on updating financial reports relief guidance

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
ASIC has commenced a consultation on updating the Regulatory Guide 43 Financial reports and audit relief (RG 43), to ensure clarity in granting relief from the financial record-keeping, financial reporting, and audit requirements. The update aims to ...

Equity managers' research most reliant on AI: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... are scaling across multiple functions, it is actually fixed income managers leading the pack (27%) driven by AI's application in credit risk assessment and macroeconomic forecasting. Private markets exhibit a higher proportion of early deployments (16%) ...