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AIOFP and IFPA enter 'strategic alliance'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... professionals. "By combining our strengths, we are enhancing opportunities for professional development, business growth, and industry advocacy," Heathwood said. "Most importantly, this collaboration ensures that our members' interests are strongly ...

ART appoints insurance chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... management and actuarial while leveraging data analytics to inform key decisions. With over 28 years in the financial services industry, he is a seasoned leader with deep expertise across general insurance, life insurance and superannuation. Before arriving ...

Iress hires wealth tech experts

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... technology officer at Team Super, formerly Mine Super. As for Johnson, he has over 20 years' experience in the technology industry, including at Computershare and SEEK. Most recently, he was the head of engineering at Xero, where he developed mobile ...

Super funds to 'look more like insurers'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... can determine cash flows, predictive analytics and the behaviour of all asset classes would be a game-changer for the industry. "Because my five, 10-, 15-day, one month, 90-day cash flows will need to be 20- or 30-year cash flows and it needs to include ...

UK regulators abandon DEI reporting push

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... It followed a spate of sexual harassment cases and the renewal of a government committee to investigate sexism in the industry and the barriers faced by women. The resulting report, Sexism in the City, was damning and called for a raft of reforms. The ...

Quadrant Private Equity invests in LegalVision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... watching LegalVision for some time, drawn to the way its been disrupting the "large and fragmented" B2B legal services industry. He noted the firm now has over 4500 clients and is growing at 30% per annum. LegalVision chief executive Lachlan McKnight ...

Cost to maintain comfortable retirement increases

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... but retirees have offset some of these shortfalls through strong investment returns in super in 2024. Further, the peak industry body found that most balanced options in super have returned at least 10.5% in the calendar year, with some funds recording ...

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

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... you're going far too fast', and 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 ...

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

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... to MUSE. MUSE said that's because product valuations have typically relied on auction sites, outdated appraisals, and industry word of mouth. Meanwhile, the secondary market remains opaque, relying on outdated manual processes that lack transparency ...

Vanguard rejigs Ethically Conscious options

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... energy category of company products. Previously, thermal coal, oil, and gas business involvement was identified using industry classifications and reserve ownership. "Prior to the change, oil and gas business involvement was identified using industry ...