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Fund manager expands, hires two executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... MSCI ACWI Index's 2.1% p.a. The fund currently invests in companies that operate in payments, entertainment, cloud computing, software services, e-commerce, advertising, energy and hardware. "Since our inception nineteen months ago, the fund is up ...

CSIRO contractor in crypto scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... supercomputers to carry out cryptocurrency mining. He was caught out after the CSIRO noticed serious impairment of its computing infrastructure and reported it to the Australian Federal Police. The man was employed on a contract basis by the CSIRO to ...

Emerging markets weather varied COVID-19 storms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... expect future innovation will emerge from more value-added intellectual property as the country further adopts cloud computing and artificial intelligence." The pandemic has pushed those not already on a trajectory to a digital future to engage in ecommerce ...

Hamish Douglass remains confident amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... important than ever that we look forward and not backwards in this world." During the roadshow, Douglass said cloud computing and China would continue to be investment opportunities in the future. "We have to understand the power of these technology ...

Trustee firm expands into fund administration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... system is built from the ground up, unburdened by legacy issues and leveraging scalable technology enablers such as cloud computing and industry standard gateways," he said. Also commenting, Sargon vice president of product Tom Merrett said: "The addition ...

Investors unfazed by market volatility: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... downgrades in more cyclical sectors globally - autos, chemicals, semi-conductors, luxury goods and even packaging and cloud computing. The global growth slowdown, higher bond yields and oil prices is a challenging backdrop for many asset classes," she ...

Aussie fund managers face machine learning challenges

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... Bloomberg said. Bloomberg LP head of machine learning engineering Gary Kazantsev said as a result of critical advances in computing power and newly available vast pools of data, more clients are using Bloomberg's data solutions as inputs into strategies ...

Nomura appoints Australian president

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... businesses. Separately, Nomura Holdings is currently working with a university on a research project to test if quantum computing can speed up calculations and select investment mixes for its asset management businesses. It will use the Canadian D-wave ...

Financial services employees want digital strategy input: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... feel they have the skills to handle the technological changes. The sector is embracing new technologies such as cloud computing, machine learning, predictive analytics and artificial intelligence; rethinking strategies, and seeking to personalise and ...

Nikko AM to disrupt with acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... from cross-sector innovations such as robotics, 3D printing, big data, machine learning, blockchain technology, cloud computing, energy storage, and DNA sequencing. Nikko AM described the move as a natural progression of an existing partnership which ...