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CA ANZ launches AI fluency certificate for finance professionals

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) has launched an AI Fluency certificate to arm financial professionals with the skills to work with Generative AI. CA ANZ group executive education and marketing Simon Hann said the certificate ...

Cyberattacks on super funds expose 'critical vulnerability'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
The spate of cyberattacks targeting major Australian superannuation funds has laid bare a "critical vulnerability" in the sector's defences, according to financial services cybersecurity consultancy firm Software@Scale. The attacks, which have so ...

UGC's AFCA membership to cease

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) will expel United Global Capital's (UGC) membership effective May 31. UGC, which is now in liquidation, began providing financial services, including financial advice, in 2017 to retail and sophisticated ...

TAL takes 15% stake in Challenger

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings has sold its entire 15.1% stake in Challenger to TAL. TAL, together with its parent company Dai-ichi Life Holdings, acquired the minority interest at $8.46 per share - marking a 53% premium to Challenger's closing ...

Allegro sells Questas stake for $375m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
Allegro Funds has sold its majority stake in Questas Group to Five V Capital for $375 million. Allegro acquired the majority stake in Questas in 2019, investing alongside its founder, Kede Carboni, in a partnership deal. Since then, Questas has grown ...

Members press super funds for sustainable investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
Members increasingly demand superannuation funds to provide ethical investment options, particularly retirees who want to leave a more sustainable world for the next generation, top super fund leaders say. Attending the Australian Council of Superannuation ...

Apex wins $7bn super admin mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
Apex Group has won a mandate to administer Diversa Trustees' $7 billion master trust business. Diversa will use Apex Superannuation going forward, part of which means utilising Iress' Acurity platform. Iress offloaded its superannuation business to ...

Barings expands local wealth team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
Barings, the US$421 billion global asset manager, has recruited a sales director to help support its growth into the local wealth market. John Nicoll joins a growing Australian Sales team with 90 private credit, real estate and structured finance staffers ...

New gig for Challenger's ESG specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
Challenger Ltd has confirmed the appointment of Charlotte O'Meara as the head of responsible investment. The annuity provider said O'Meara is tasked with leading the ESG framework across the investment teams at Challenger, helping the life and ...

Sue Brake joins Aware Super committee

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
Aware Super has invited former Future Fund investment chief Sue Brake and Macquarie Group veteran Grant Smith to join its investment committee. The two private markets experts - who have been appointed to the committee for two years - will oversee the ...