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Iress breach extends to OneVue business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Iress has confirmed the breach it was victim to over the weekend was worse than first thought, having spread to the recently offloaded OneVue business. On Monday, Iress told shareholders its private user space on code repository GitHub had been breached. ...

Australia requires swifter settlement cycle: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Australia is at risk of getting left behind if it does not adopt the T+1 settlement cycle along with major global financial centres, according to operations experts who spoke at the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association Conference (SIAA) ...

Budget 2024: Regulators given boost to combat misconduct, cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
The government will provide $17.3 million over four years to ASIC and APRA to combat greenwashing and other related financial misconduct and help further develop Australia's sustainable finance market. In a bid to promote the development of sustainable ...

Bell Financial Group launches Tandem Securities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Bell Financial Group has today launched Tandem Securities, an end-to-end platform that provides wholesale and institutional clients with trading, clearing, and investment services. Bell Direct chief executive Lee Muco told Financial Standard at the ...

Advisers should leverage US tech blueprint: SIAA panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... money," he said. Juniper's start-up helps advisers deliver efficiency and personalisation in their work. It connects advisers' tech stacks such as the CRM and account management system, portfolio construction analysis, and other tools. The problem that ...

Billionaire quant investing legend Jim Simons dies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
Jim Simons, the founder of Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund that became one of the most profitable firms in history, has died at the age of 86. Simons began his career as a mathematician, earning a mathematics degree from MIT in 1958 and a PhD ...

Iress says its GitHub user space was breached

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
Iress has disclosed to shareholders that its private user space with software code repository GitHub was subjected to a cyber-attack over the weekend. On Saturday, GitHub - a third-party platform that manages software code before it goes live on another ...

Rahmani takes up post at Magellan

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
Sophia Rahmani officially took over as managing director of Magellan Asset Management as of today. As announced in February, Rahmani will step into the role of chief executive in 12 months' time. As managing director, Rahmani oversees all aspects ...

The top investment funds over the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... (ASX: SEMI) secured fourth position with a 66.2% return. The fund invests in companies that will benefit from the adoption of tech-enabled devices that require semiconductors, including those involved in the development and manufacturing of semiconductors. ...

Discover the best performing asset class of 2023: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... return. International equities (unhedged) led the pack with a positive return of 23.2%, driven by investor enthusiasm for tech and AI-related opportunities. Mercer said confidence in risky assets increased with the prospect of easing monetary policy ...