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Financial services jobs at risk of automation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
... diagnosis and legal writing," it said. According to the report, cognitive professions such as scientists are at surprisingly high risk of automation. By extension, routine analysis tasks like those undertaken by financial and investment professionals ...

Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... in what has been dubbed "the second machine age." A 2015 PwC report said nearly half of the jobs in Australia are at high risk of digital disruption in the next 20 years with financial services high on the list of industries most likely to be impacted. ...

SIV interest wanes after rule changes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... "Most SIV investors put capital preservation as top priority. They do not want to invest in asset classes which are high risk yet offer lower returns than they can achieve in their home market, which is why they previously favoured government bonds and ...

Super fund chief in Paris for climate talks

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... we've invested money and people change their minds, we could lose on the investment. "There's an opportunity but also a high risk if we don't take it [Climate Change] into consideration. As long-term investors not only is the return important, but also ...

SG Hiscock finds value far from ASX big caps

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... company does not automatically mean it is high quality. Equally, being a small company does not automatically mean it is high risk," Burns argued. Burns and his team hold about 300 meetings with different business every year to try to find "good quality ...

SQM gives high marks to William Blair fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... allocation and seeks strong returns with some moderation of the downside [and] has an absolute return focus and a medium-to-high risk budget." "We are delighted to have received this rating from SQM as we believe this Fund offers Australian investors ...

AB fund receives Lonsec rating

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... excess returns to clients for over 10 years. According to AB's statement, the fund is designed for "equity investors with high risk tolerances who want the potential for long-term capital growth and some income by investing in global equity securities." ...

Superannuation trustees under the spotlight: APRA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... value for your members," Rowell said. On MySuper products, Rowell said it was surprising to see medium, medium-high and high risk products with similar levels of growth assets and return targets. "The products are more clustered than we expected, rather ...

Former Gold Coast adviser sentenced

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... a false or misleading statement. He has been conditionally released on a two-year good behaviour bond. "Mr Weaver's high risk strategy of recommending double gearing strategies to his clients, the majority who were approaching retirement age, was completely ...

Australia's coming $32bn SIB sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... interview, McClure gave examples where the New Zealand government calculates an actuarial estimate of the welfare costs for high risk welfare recipients, and this is then used as the basis of deciding whether a social venture program is worthwhile. McClure ...