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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 ...

Robotics, AI ETF set to launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
An exchange-traded fund that invests in companies focused on developing robotics and automation technology is due to launch on the ASX next week. ETF Securities' Robotics and Automation ETF is perhaps the most exciting thematic fund to be launched in ...

MainstreamBPO given green light for offshore acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... improvement of 2.2% via the acquisition of higher-margin businesses, restructuring of core software agreements and improved automation in key client processes."

Executives must think beyond the technical

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
... brought to the table was the big picture. One audience member pointed out that in the face of digital disruption, job automation and FoFA - which are taking up an intensive amount of leaders' time and efforts - it has been quite a struggle to stay on ...

Fatigue and profit-based incentives driving risk culture

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
Unreasonable levels of work and a need for greater automation of processes could be to blame for heightened risk culture in the financial services sector, according to FINSIA. The industry body's analyses of a study conducted by Macquarie University ...