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Pessimistic investment horizon for super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... are several views of the future investment landscape and any of them could be correct. Flanders said purchasing more computing power could mean the world is on the edge of a productivity boom - the likes of which we have never seen - or alternatively ...

Swiss Re to use artificial intelligence in underwriting

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... to make use of its Watson artificial intelligence technology. The first Swiss Re business line to use this "cognitive computing" service will be life and health reinsurance, and according to Swiss Re's statement this will enable the insurer to "identify ...

Household is the future of advice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... accounts for each client or investor sitting within that structure. "Of course, being able to do that requires a lot of computing power, especially when you start talking about individual tax lots for securities held on each portfolio," she added.

Regulator clouding wealth management: PractiFI

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
Weaknesses in outsourcing wealth management via cloud technology or shared computing services - as identified by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) - have sparked an impassioned response. On Monday APRA released an information paper ...

Class expands in the SMSF cloud

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) recently released an information paper on its considerations around outsourcing shared computing services, including cloud. As shared computer services continually evolve, APRA is encouraging ongoing dialogue with ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... the stock is already well-valued and that it will be watching to see if the company is able to raise prices on cloud computing subscriptions. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have closed lower, with all eyes fixed on the US Federal Reserve and the ...

BOQ appoints new group exec following restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... improvements to the organisation including the IT transition to our new state of the art Newstead headquarters and the end user computing program which has provided employees with far greater work flexibility."

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... big tech stocks: Amazon shares soared 14.8 per cent and Microsoft 10.5 per cent as they reported strong gains in cloud computing. LONDON - European stock markets closed higher on hopes embattled eurozone member Greece will take strides towards a debt ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... 50-55 cents per share, lower than the 62 cents projected by Wall Street analysts. Salesforce.com, a provider of cloud computing services, leaped 11.7 per cent as fourth-quarter revenue rose 26 per cent to $US1.44 billion. The company predicted revenue ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... quarter, driving its shares up 3.5 percent. That offset the impact on the Dow of the 3.1 percent fall in IBM's shares. The computing giant reported another poor quarter. Revenues in all its markets fell for a total decline year-on-year of 12 percent ...