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BlackRock moves to machine stock picking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
After an extensive review BlackRock has restructured its active equities product offering and affirmed its plans to integrate artificial intelligence, hinting that future jobs will be aligned with robots. In positioning itself for the future, the world's ...

Advisers to consult on ASIC's behalf

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... committee. "It presents an opportunity for financial planners and our members to speak directly with ASIC and to provide insight as to what is happening at the on the ground at the advice level. It's a great initiative and we've supported it's development ...

Insight fund recommended

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
Insight Investment received a 'Recommended' rating from Lonsec for one of its funds. In awarding the Insight Diversified Inflation Plus Fund with the rating, Lonsec acknowledged the strengths of Insight's investment process, its history of multi-asset ...

Citi boosts wealth team

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... Paribas. She has also held roles at UBS, Societe Generale and Fox News. Finally, as part of Citi's knowledge and investment insight program for wealth clients, Damon Frith has joined as content editor. Before this role, he was a senior correspondent ...

AMP Capital CIO departs in leadership reshuffle

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
AMP Capital's chief investment officer for global equities and fixed income will leave the business as part of a leadership restructure. Mark Beardow joined AMP Capital in 1998 as a credit analyst before moving onto head of credit markets, head of fixed ...

Public service veteran retires from AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... said Shergold "has made a significant contribution to AMP over the past decade across our boards, bringing considerable insight and acumen. We have benefited greatly from his expertise and wish him all the best for the future." Shergold's retirement ...

Westpac deputy chief executive retires

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Westpac deputy chief executive Phil Coffey is retiring after spending more than 20 years at the bank. Coffey was appointed deputy chief executive in April 2014 and prior to that served as chief financial officer for eight years, and was the group executive ...

NAB pushes planning career path

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
NAB Financial Planning will support the future of Australia's financial planning industry through a new university scholarship program and a commitment to academic research funding. Four Australian universities will participate in the NAB Future Planners ...

BT Financial Group wins Life Company of the Year

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers and Strategic Insight named BT Financial Group as Life Company of the Year in Sydney last night. BTFG took home the platinum award against runners-up TAL, MLC and OnePath. The AFA and Strategic Insight said these ...

Super to drive employment in 2017

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
The superannuation and investment industry may prove to be Australia's biggest employment growth area in 2017. New insights from an industry survey conducted by SUPER Recruiters shows 50% of respondents anticipate the need to employ more staff this ...