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Telstra acquires Blue Sky fund assets

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... provided expansion capital in 2013, which enabled Readify to partner with user experience firm Folk and acquire a data analytics company in 2015. Commenting on exiting from Readify, Blue Sky Private Equity investment director Nick Miller said: "It's ...

Oxford-Man Institute expands into machine learning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... Oxford and Man AHL have announced that the Oxford-Man Institute (OMI) will expand its focus on machine learning and data analytics, becoming part of the University's department of engineering and science from 1 August 2016. The expansion will create ...

Pillar enters blockchain

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
... challenges including limited member engagement, changing demographics, regulatory focus on driving efficiency, data analytics and cyber security. EY technology strategy leader for the Americas, Paul Brody, said blockchain was the most important software ...

Industry super fund head to join Myer Family Company

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... her time as chief executive Press spearheaded the development of retirement income products, online advice and data analytics. She also struck a strategic alliance with AustralianSuper, and managed to get the fund granted an Extended Public Offer licence ...

Colonial First State partners with UTS

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... projects, training and development, contract research and other opportunities. "We firmly believe in the power of data analytics and already have strong in-house capabilities. UTS people and CFS people will now have opportunities to work together on ...

Survey reveals super fund strategic priorities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... of strategic priorities. Fresh concerns highlighted in this year's survey which did not feature last year were data analytics, fund mergers or alliances, and the appointment of independent directors. Nine out of 10 chief executives think high level objectives ...

Actuaries Institute appoints new president

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
The Actuaries Institute is aiming to increase its influence in Australia's data analytics industry, appointing a new president to oversee the profession's changing business environment. New president Lindsay Smartt said many actuaries were now nominating ...

Financial Synergy makes big play in big data

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
The latest move in to big data analytics by superannuation software provider Financial Synergy is being touted as one that will help transform the industry in Australia. The firm announced a partnership with NASDAQ-listed software company OpenText yesterday ...

AMP updates SMSF platform

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... client insight capabilities. "We've designed the platform to provide accountants, administrators and advisers with data analytics as part of a new Business Home Dashboard - the first of its kind in the market," Groeneveld continued. "Updated daily, the ...

Mercer launches super data analytics tool

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... "advanced segmentation of member bases, including: geo-demographic, behavioural, value based and psychographic models." Data analytics is not new and there are competitors in the space - most notably Empirics - but the super industry has been slower ...