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Liquidnet and OTAS ramp up AI play

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... anticipate the most likely trade action including its context and background. There's even scope and feasibility to have an Alexa-type system become involved in the trading platform, he said. "It's actually an efficient an appropriate way to ...

CFA Institute begins Australian chief executive search

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
The organisation representing Australian member societies of the CFA Institute has begun the search for its inaugural chief executive officer. CFA Societies Australia has engaged global executive search firm Alexander Hughes to assist with the appointment ...

Evans & Partners vet launches new boutique, appoints distribution head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
The former head of international equities at Evans & Partners has launched a new boutique and appointed a head of distribution from J.P. Morgan, flagging further hires over the next 12 months. Stephen Arnold, who managed more than $1 billion at Evans ...

Asset managers gearing for growth in 2018

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
The asset management and wider wealth management industries are confident about growth prospects in 2018 but remain realistic about responding to intense fee pressures, a PwC global survey shows. The majority (87%) of the 126 asset and wealth management ...

NAB launches super virtual assistant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... innovation Jonathan Davey said the proliferation of voice-activated, hands-free devices such as Siri and Google Home and Amazon's Alexa in the Australian market is reshaping consumer behaviour and expectations. "We live in a world that wants instant ...

Client engagement tool gains ground

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
The concept of financial wellness is beginning to drown traditional advice models and a new platform is looking to help save advice practices in need of futureproofing. Your Financial Wellness is an online client engagement platform designed to bridge ...

Board appointment at Westpac

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
Westpac appointed a former KPMG executive to its board and two committees. Peter Nash, who was a senior partner at KPMG, will serve as an independent non-executive director and a member of the risk and compliance, and audit committees effective March ...

Industry fund creates finance role

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
A $9.2 billion industry superannuation fund aims to take its financial reporting to new highs following a senior appointment in its newly-created head of finance role. Joining Vision Super as head of finance is Bryan Collins. Most recently the senior ...

Future Fund manager joins Fidante

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
The Future Fund's former debt and alternatives manager has taken on a new role with Fidante Partners. John O'Keeffe joins Fidante as head of boutique strategy and business management. In a statement, Fidante said O'Keeffe will help determine the "strategic ...

Siri and Alexa: The future of banking?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... proliferation of voice-activated, hands-free devices such as Siri and Google Home and the much anticipated release of Amazon's Alexa to the Australian market this year are reshaping consumer behaviour and expectations. "We live in a world that wants ...