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Rest awards impact mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
Rest is $150 million closer to reaching its impact investment target after allocating to a listed equity fund. Rest has invested in an international listed equities strategy run by Ninety-One, which "aims to achieve long-term total returns by investing ...

Fund manager awards custody mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
A $16.6 billion fund manager has named Citi Securities Services as its new custodian and fund administrator. Ausbil Investment Management awarded the mandate following incumbent custodian NAB Asset Servicing (NAS) exiting the market. NAS has referred ...

Challenger overhauls IT, awards mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
Challenger has awarded a mandate to a major professional services firm to overhaul its technological infrastructure. Accenture has been mandated for seven years to upgrade Challenger's technology that will ultimately affect customers, financial ...

Aware Super, ART hire member service heads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... peers because of its culture of putting customers first. For three years, Rix has been on the judging panel for the CX awards, judging the best-in-customer experience across Australia. Jo Brennan said Aware Super was thrilled to have attracted someone ...

Advice group awards mandate to JANA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
A financial advice group with close to $2 billion in funds under advice has selected JANA as its investment consultant. The consulting group's wealth division was awarded a mandate by Alteris Financial Group, effective December 2023. It covers asset ...

Rest awards mandate for member experience enhancement

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
Rest Super has contracted Reunion, a creative agency, to improve its member experience. Following a competitive tender, the nearly two-million-member strong superannuation fund said that it will work with Reunion to help members better understand and ...

Agricultural sector in for a mixed 2024: Outlook

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... Rural Bank said. The cost of seasonal labour will also remain high, driven by the low unemployment rate and minimum wage awards. "A more favourable economic environment is expected to begin supporting agricultural markets in the back half of 2024," it ...

Inaugural FAAA award winners named

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) revealed the recipients of its 2023 awards, including Adviser of the Year and Certified Financial Planner Professional of the Year. Celebrating its first awards gala dinner as a merged entity in Adelaide ...

ASX awards settlement, clearing mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023
The ASX awarded a mandate to a global technology firm that will deliver a product-based clearing and settlement solution so it can proceed with the next phase of the CHESS replacement. The bourse has entered into an agreement with Mumbai-based TATA ...

Wealth firm awards CFS Edge mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
Colonial First State (CFS) has scored a wealth platform and managed accounts mandate with a large financial advice firm. Viridian Advisory, which has $7 billion in funds under administration, will use CFS Edge. Having officially launched in August ...