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Young Aussies driving sharemarket

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... unsurprisingly, international tech and e-commerce stocks proved most popular across all demographics with Apple, Tesla, Facebook, Tencent, Amazon, Snap and Alibaba among the top picks. "International shares offer a great diversification opportunity for ...

Global disruption fund locks in former CEOs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... $150 million for the soon to be ASX-listed Global Disruption Fund. The initial portfolio is expected to include Amazon, Facebook, Alibaba, Netflix, Apple, Microsoft and Visa. The fund will also invest in a selection of smaller companies that have the ...

Distribution reshapes globalisation: Capital Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... consumer and the sheer power they can create. Using social media as an example, the portfolio manager highlights how Facebook has created a community or population which is on the scale of some of the largest countries in the world. "Yet these [social ...

Global bank tests customer service 'bot'

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
Global bank Wells Fargo is launching an artificial intelligence-driven customer service 'chat' experience within Facebook's Messenger application. Wells Fargo customers who frequently use Messenger will be able to save time using the chat bot functionality ...

Housing crisis takes emotional toll on Gen X

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... don't own a home feel the most envious or jealous when others get on the property ladder before them - Instagram and Facebook feeds are likely to be dotted with photos of acquaintances smiling proudly outside their first home," Neal said. The study comes ...

Westpac minimises disruption with disruption

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... Westpac Keyboard uses a secured payment system developed by fintech start-up PayKey and can be used within apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Twitter, Snapchat and WeChat, as well as default text messaging apps. Payments and interactions can ...

Liftoff imminent at Spaceship

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... investments at its core. Spaceship hopes to invest 35% of all members' portfolios in technology companies such as Google, Facebook, and Uber, while providing a small offsetting allocation to defensive assets such as fixed interest securities and cash ...

AirTree hires former Accel vice president

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... an inflection point, transforming itself since he left a decade ago. Cameron is known for being an early investor in Facebook and Dropbox, as well as a collection of successful Australian startups including 99Designs, Atlassian, and Invoice2go. He will ...

Make advice go viral

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... being shared on the right platforms. "Each social media site is different and should be used for different things. Your Facebook followers are not going to engage in the same content that your Linkedin network will. Each site has different nuances that ...

Saving super from Tinder sex bots

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... and interconnected user experiences. Although super funds might see themselves as separate from companies like Uber and Facebook, Miles said that the "service aggregation" happening in the digital world would mean fund members would soon expect some ...