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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 ...

Advice reforms can solve retirement income challenges

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
Opening up superannuation funds to more comprehensive financial advice could help solve some of the retirement income challenges Australians face, according to the Actuaries Institute. In its submission to the Retirement Phase of Superannuation consultation ...

Brighter Super adds head of product

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... of product, hiring from Aware Super. The highly experienced Cristina Saija moved across to the $29 billion superannuation fund headed by Kate Farrar early this month. Leading product strategy, Saija had a similar role at Energy Industries Superannuation ...

Unlicensed crypto investor faces jail time

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... Multi Services. The corporate regulator alleges that Hala encouraged consumers to establish a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF), and to roll over their existing superannuation into the SMSF and invest it with his company. In October 2021, ASIC ...

ASIC to tighten grip on super fund misdemeanours

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... industry event, Court said Australians have a right to expect efficient, honest, and fair treatment by their superannuation fund. However, recent surveillance and enforcement indicates that some superannuation are failing to meet basic member service ...

Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... review process and consideration of expert third-party advice." Meanwhile, its counterpart, the New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZSF), has been excluding investments in Elbit since 2012. The world's largest sovereign wealth fund, Norway's $2.4 ...

Equity Trustees adds more super fund clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
... an independent trustee which sits at arm's length to the commercial and operational aspects of managing a superannuation fund and its products. ​"This appointment reaffirms Equity Trustees as the foremost provider of independent superannuation trustee ...

AI mania will underwhelm advice: Finura

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
"AI mania" will over-promise and underdeliver for financial advisers, while superannuation funds are tipped to give digital advice a boost, Finura Group's 2024 predictions reveal. In the latest Australian wealth tech predictions report, Finura highlights ...

Gender pay gap reporting to be scrutinised

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
From tomorrow, Australian companies with 100 or more staff must publish the median pay gap between their male and female employees. While it sounds simple enough, some experts believe corporates are not prepared for what's to come. The Workplace ...

IFM offloads stake in payment software business to Autodesk

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
IFM Investors has reached an agreement to divest its stake in construction payment software business Payapps, previously known as Zuuse, to Autodesk. Since 2020, IFM's private equity funds has held a significant minority share of Payapps, with an initial ...