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ANZ hires Silicon Valley consultant for innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... accelerate ANZ's efforts to make customers' lives simpler and find new, innovative opportunities to build a world-class digital bank, ANZ group executive, digital banking Maile Carnegie said. "We're confident this focus will open new markets for ANZ ...

Wealth, insurance arms hit banks' earnings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... employees across the majors decreased by 2498 to 159,028, indicating a shift in the composition of the workforce toward digital and contract labour. This is a trend KPMG expects to continue across FY18 by way of increased spend on technology and restructuring ...

Westpac Group results solid despite challenges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
Westpac Group chief executive Brian Hartzer welcomed a solid full-year result for the group, driven in part by the $4 billion added to BT Financial Group's Panorama platform. Westpac reported a statutory net profit of $7.9 billion - up 7% year on year ...

Advisers divided on mixing advice: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... advisers are divided when it comes to combining human advice with robo solutions. About 43% of advisers want to embed digital or robo solutions together with face-to-face advice, while an equal number completely shun this idea. Only 13% of advisers are ...

More clarity needed on NAB redundancies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... the rest of the banking industry, has a long-term social responsibility to its workers particularly in times of intense digital disruption, Angrisano said. "We are committed to the long-term employment of our members in the finance industry, and we want ...

NAB to simplify operations via job cuts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... for interviews, and access job searches or reskilling opportunities. For those who cannot attend the centres, or prefer digital access, NAB will offer online workshops and resources, and career coaching over the telephone. Thorburn highlighted the bank ...

Financial services firms eye machine learning

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... quality data, as well as having to carry out multiple, complex operations associated with it. Richard Lane, the head of digital security of money transfer company OFX, said machine learning is a critical area to keep an eye on. The deployment of machine ...

LaSalle appoints local client executive

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... has appointed a client executive for Australia and New Zealand. Anita Mustac takes on the role having previously founded digital health platform Dokotela, which is designed to connect mental health patients to specialists via videoconferencing. Before ...

AMP rolling out enhanced goals-based advice business

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
AMP will roll out the next evolution of its dedicated goals-based financial advice business this month with an expected step change being the way clients converse about their advice experience. AMP Advice will use real-time modelling to demonstrate ...

Banks will step out of wealth: Medcraft

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... insurance businesses the banks will face several challenges. "The big challenge for them will be how do you engage in a new digital world where having the monopoly on customers won't exist because there will be open data and you will have to compete ...