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ASI restructures distribution team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... publication Daily Business reported that Bird has implemented several cost-cutting measures since his appointment, including outsourcing 100 jobs, and refocusing the busines across four areas: global asset management, fund adviser platforms, strategic ...

Mainstream to pay $5.1m settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... million on new and existing technology that included a process transformation project for client Pendal, which is outsourcing its registry services and other admin workflows, due to go live on February 22.

Industry funds pool $61bn of assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... APRA-regulated funds, and especially smaller funds, a viable and effective alternative to a merger by extending their outsourcing operating model to now include the management of their investments alongside one of Australia's largest and long-term ...

Northern Trust boosts whole office strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... offering for asset managers. The alliance will integrate IHS Markit's thinkFolio with Northern Trust's middle office outsourcing platform and both firms will leverage each other's strengths to provide a fully integrated, end-to-end process that streamlines ...

Northern Trust wins First Sentier mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
The $219 billion global manager has appointed Northern Trust for middle-office outsourcing services, after it separated from Commonwealth Bank. First Sentier Investors' middle-office functions were handled by CBA subsidiary Colonial First State ...

Super industry to branch out: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... system matures. The report suggests funds will also streamline their in-house processes to focus on investment while outsourcing other functions. "Most superannuation funds will outsource basic administration functions such as transactions processing ...

State Street targets insurance outsourcing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
State Street has partnered with a Danish company to provide an outsourcing solution to insurance firms in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. SimCorp, which provides investment management software solutions, will provide its cloud-based, multi-asset ...

APRA reviews priorities in super

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... plan that reviews unlisted asset valuations, the board of trustees' capability, and complete the thematic review on outsourcing. Before 1 January 2022, the prudential regulator wants to publish enhanced versions of the MySuper, insurance and choice heatmaps. ...

ASIC takes action against BTFM, Asgard, StatePlus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... members of the Asgard Infinity eWRAP Super Account. According to documents, the overcharging is a result of Asgard outsourcing services to an offshore third-party service provider, Genpact Australia, which did not have access to Asgard's Application ...

Adviser salaries unchanged: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... planning field, and utilise the experience to transition into other roles within the financial services industry." While outsourcing paraplanning is becoming more popular, Gvalda said only firms with very effective online processes are able to take advantage ...