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Alternative investment manager partners with VC firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... III (GP) will deploy US$50 million across about 24 companies in emerging and frontier technologies (AR/VR, AI, drones, robotics, autonomous mobility and IoT), big data, cybersecurity, enterprise SaaS. Auctus will pay up to $1 million to Scout Venture's ...

SPECIAL FEATURE: Breaking the custody mould

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... industry hasn't kept pace with technology to address operational efficiencies and system-related issues. For many, robotics is already taking over several manual processes. According to the Australian Custodial Services Association, local custodians ...

Thematic SMAs on the rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... portfolio invests in companies considered leaders in their particular field, such as the Internet of Things, advanced robotics and energy storage. In the year to 10 May 2018, the portfolio achieved a 50.6% return. Finally, the International Equity Income ...

Asset managers gearing for growth in 2018

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... highlights their differentiating capabilities and allocates budgets accordingly," she said. Artificial intelligence, robotics, big data and blockchain are all transforming the way asset and wealth managers work, but the human factor cannot be underestimated ...

BetaShares shareholder buys $13 billion fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... purchase 100% of fully diluted shares in New York-based ETF provider Global X. Established in 2008, Global X specialises in robotics and artificial intelligence with about 50 available products and about $12.9 billion in assets under management. The ...

AI threatens financial services workers: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... Groth said. AI deployment to-date is predominantly in the areas of machine learning (51%), automated reasoning (48%), robotics (47%), knowledge representation (44%) and natural language processing (39%). Groth said businesses using AI understand the ...

SMSFs shifting focus for diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... This is attributed in part to ETFs enabling greater diversification via less traditional, high growth sectors such as robotics and aerospace. Tencent, Tesla and Nvidia joined Amazon, Apple and Facebook as some of the most heavily traded international ...

Siri and Alexa: The future of banking?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... strategy to further automate its business, introducing 2000 new, tech-based roles focused on artificial intelligence, robotics and automation.

Wealth, insurance arms hit banks' earnings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... KPMG expects to continue across FY18 by way of increased spend on technology and restructuring initiatives. KPMG noted robotics and process automation remains high on the banks' productivity and efficiency agendas. "We see few institutions that aren't ...

NAB to simplify operations via job cuts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... new roles will involve different capabilities to support the strategy such as data scientists, artificial intelligence, robotics and automation. "This will result in a net reduction in staff currently targeted at approximately 4000 by the end of FY20 ...