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One third of Australians trust robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... mobile payments." "However, when it comes to more strategic life advice, we are now beginning to trust artificial intelligence to advise us in sectors such as health and travel, and increasingly we are entrusting robots in the banking and finance sector ...

Investors raise alarm on Facebook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... to claim that they will become faster at removing "hate" content from feeds with machine learning and artificial intelligence programmed to "find material from terrorist groups". The announcement included an image of a phone searching Facebook for "heil ...

Natixis bets on thematic investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... Natixis Investment Managers is set to add a new affiliate that will run thematic strategies including artificial intelligence, robotics, water and safety. Thematics Asset Management will start operating under the Natixis IM banner in the second quarter ...

KPMG brings remediation regtech to Australia

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... capture data from their interactions with customers and ensure their regulatory compliance, thanks to its artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities. Using the technology, Recordsure can record and transpose speech to text, review documents ...

Arming human traders for big-ticket trades

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... multiple sources such as news, valuations and the options market, using proprietary machine learning and artificial intelligence software. It also uses data on liquidity, short interests and insider interests provided by external providers through data ...

Collaboration needed for AI and machine advice programs

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
More collaboration is needed to ensure the effectiveness of artificial intelligence and machine-based programs across the financial services industry, according to Kaplan Professional and Red Marker. In December 2018, multiple industry associations ...

BlackRock and Microsoft develop retirement platform

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... recognise the need to act now." Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella said the firms would use cloud and artificial intelligence technology in pursuit of the right retirement solution. "Today millions of Americans are struggling to achieve their financial ...

MetLife Australia wins tech award

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... information and build back office APIs. However, the award-winning platform did not use any machine learning or artificial intelligence. The team has done some initial investigations into AI, including into IBM Watson through its international teams. ...

AI ramping up but legal risks remain

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
Financial services companies are betting on artificial intelligence (AI) more than ever, but remain sceptic of compliance and legal risks of the technology, according to a new Baker McKenzie report. Baker McKenzie surveyed 355 financial services leaders ...

Hedge funds fall out of favour with instos: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... or planning to increase the number of separately managed accounts (SMAs) and funds they offer. On the artificial intelligence front, nearly three times as many hedge fund managers are using AI compared to last year (29% vs. 10%), the report noted. Similarly ...