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AI can improve super fund value chain: CFA Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
Superannuation funds and the broader global pension system can benefit from artificial intelligence (AI) in every corner of the value chain to ultimately provide efficient, personalised services to members, new research from the CFA Institute found. ...

AMP defies super fund herd with Bitcoin bet

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
AMP has dared to go where no super fund has gone, taking the plunge with a "modest allocation" to Bitcoin, even as other industry heavyweights stand resolute in their rejection of the digital asset. Last week, AMP senior portfolio manager Steve Flegg ...

Betashares terminates nine funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
Betashares has pulled the plug on a range of funds because of low investor uptake. The ETF provider announced last week that it will be axing its Online Retail and E-Commerce ETF (IBUY), Digital Health and Telemedicine ETF (EDOC), Future of Payments ...

Australia home to 43 billionaires: UBS

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... accounting for 24%. This is followed by the technology sector and financial services sectors at 16% each. "Just as a few big US tech stocks account for a larger amount of global equity market capitalisation than they did 10 years ago, so too has billionaire ...

Productivity Commission tasked with five new inquiries

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
The Productivity Commission has been tasked with five new inquiries focused on identifying ways to materially boost Australia's productivity. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the aim of the inquiries is to lift incomes, standards of living and create more ...

Three universities ditch financial planning courses

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
Three major universities have pulled the plug on their financial planning courses due to the lack of student interest in a major blow for the profession as it struggles to attract new entrants. The University of Wollongong, Queensland University of ...

Bain Capital bids for Insignia Financial

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
Insignia Financial has confirmed it received a takeover bid from US private equity firm Bain Capital following months of speculation. Insignia confirmed to the ASX that Bain Capital lobbed a confidential, preliminary, non-binding, and indicative proposal ...

QIC backs analytics platform with $2m investment

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
... co-founders Simon Herd, Peter Preston, and Kate Caldecott have each enjoyed a stint at Atlassian Ventures prior to joining the tech startup business, and they will be leveraging their relationships in the space, including also securing funding from Atlassian ...

VFMC welcomes two key execs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
Victorian Funds Management Corporation has made two new senior appointments - a chief people officer and a head of client services. The $92 billion quasi-sovereign wealth fund has named Karen Perkins the permanent head of client services. Perkins was ...

First Sentier expands mandate with Northern Trust

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
Northern Trust will offer a range of front-to-back solutions as third-party administrator for First Sentier Investors under an extended agreement. Under the new terms, Northern Trust will integrate custody, depositary/trustee services, fund accounting ...