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MLC Life explores new market

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... customers, complementing the service advisors provide. Further, he noted the shift in customer buying patterns and technology advancements indicate growth opportunities in non-advisor channels. "The backbone of individual business is the advice business ...

Iress hires wealth tech experts

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... Pacific wealth team. Callum Masson and Martin Johnson have been appointed executive general manager of product and technology and general manager of technology respectively. In the newly created role, Masson will be responsible for driving the vision ...

Super funds to 'look more like insurers'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... systems, especially as super fund investments continue to broaden. Speaking at the AM Tech Day summit in Sydney, Finbourne Technology chief executive Thomas McHugh said Australia's super funds are approaching a major change to how they conduct business. ...

Quadrant Private Equity invests in LegalVision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... markets. The $9 billion private equity firm's capital injection will be used to increase funding for LegalVision's team, technology, and product. The partnership will also give Quadrant board representation at LegalVision, with its managing partner Marcus ...

Super doesn't have to be 'boring', but innovation is key

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... others who don't have that clash of culture are running faster." Maloney said the industry needs to embrace new technology and not be afraid of making mistakes. "I think trying to be nimble enough to stay ahead, experiment, innovate, try new things ...

Luxury asset investment platform launches for high-net-worth investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
Local technology firm MUSE has developed a platform that links high-net-worth investors and family offices with sellers of investment-grade luxury assets and high-end collectibles. The platform currently offers access to US$150 million worth of investment-grade ...

Data is our biggest challenge: Aware Super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... it's probably a never-ending journey. "In hindsight, Aware probably wasn't as good at the continuous investment in technology. But that's why [the fund] has done this investment into its whole fund data, both public and private, and is working to ...

Partners Group buys local data centre operator

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... options on several sites in strategic locations across Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth. It also boasts design and cooling technology that provides efficient power and water consumption that caters to a wide range of server power densities. The acquisition ...

UniSuper waters down 'volatile' environmental option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... returned 4.9%. In FY21 it shot the lights out, returning a spectacular 48.89%. Its major holdings are Contemporary Amperex Technology Co, Tesla, Samsung, and BYD Co. As at September 2024, the option had $1.6 billion in funds under management.

Swiss fund manager expands in Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... Capital, an US$800 million fund manager that focuses on Asia Pacific growth-stage investments across the consumer and technology sectors, founded in 2017. Upon finalising its acquisition of C Capital, Youngtimers now operates as C Capital. It is based ...