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Males dominate ASX200 top job

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... continues to evolve as businesses operate in an increasingly competitive and changing environment. "With the advancement of automation, digital transformations, regulatory frameworks, and globalisation, companies need leaders who can not only meet business ...

Wealth, insurance arms hit banks' earnings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... across FY18 by way of increased spend on technology and restructuring initiatives. KPMG noted robotics and process automation remains high on the banks' productivity and efficiency agendas. "We see few institutions that aren't actively considering these ...

Fintech firm launches $7.5m IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... integration is well timed. With the early adopters of Simple Fund 360 experiencing significant time savings through automation, they are now looking to expand their services to provide more value to their SMSF trustees." Ward added: "What is the point ...

Former Lehman Brothers chief unveils new asset manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... wealth, privately-held assets and closely-held businesses." "Despite the proliferation of technology, robo-advisers, automation and algorithms in financial services, we still believe in the value of relationships," Fuld said. Since Lehman's collapse ...

BGL enhances life insurance solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... insurance, prepare an insurance quote, pre-fill an insurance proposal and purchase the policy. This is what integration and automation is all about," Lesh said. AGI owner John Felsch added as a result of the partnership, Simple Fund 360 clients have ...

NAB to simplify operations via job cuts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... involve different capabilities to support the strategy such as data scientists, artificial intelligence, robotics and automation. "This will result in a net reduction in staff currently targeted at approximately 4000 by the end of FY20, which is expected ...

Cyber-security fears strike industry: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... the Compliance Index indicated cyber-security as a top compliance priority. By the same token, many are investing in automation to lessen the burden of laborious compliance tasks, while one-in-three (37%) are investing in data analytics and big data ...

Managed accounts platform doubles FUA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... are converging, enabling the best interests of both clients and advisers in a symbiotic manner. For instance, greater automation and new approaches to administration can lower the cost of advice and remove remaining conflicts of interest," Bernasconi ...

EQT partners with fintech

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... causing firms to place an even higher focus on effective oversight of outsourced operations. Having been pioneers of the automation of oversight, we are able to support Equity Trustees with the broadest jurisdictional coverage and most comprehensive ...

Financial services employees want digital strategy input: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... sector's employees, latest research shows. Three quarters (76%) of the 1390 respondents in a Microsoft survey believe automation will lead to job losses; and more than 82% said digital transformation will revolutionise financial services. More than half ...