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Australia missing out on $34.5bn tech opportunity

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Australian businesses are underperforming in use of digital technologies and could be missing out on a $34.5 billion opportunity, according to Accenture research. Australia ranks eight out of the 17 leading economies measured on the Accenture Digital ...

NAB too big to change culture overnight: Thorburn

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
National Australia Bank (NAB) chief executive Andrew Thorburn has admitted that cultural change in such large organisation "probably takes five, 10 years," in light of the regulator's concerns about its financial planning arm. Thorburn noted that NAB ...

VicSuper launches next-gen admin platform with Bravura

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... "VicSuper is now using the most contemporary, best-practice system in the industry. We see this as an important step in our digital evolution. We intend to keep innovating and to continuously enhance the products and services we offer our members," said ...

Sunsuper embraces passive investment

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... management. The fund will be able to "draw on a broad range of functions, including member services, product development, digital and technological development, and economic and market insights," Sunsuper chief executive Scott Hartley said. As part of ...

Baird to launch Sydney not-for-profit "fintech hub"

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... seminars, industry meetings and conferences." "This will become the heart of fintech in Australia and hopefully Asia. Digital disruption is transforming the financial services industry and there is much to be gained through greater collaboration between ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... Goldman Sachs in Australia & New Zealand, Sally Loane, CEO of the Financial Services Council. The Australian Broadcasting Digital Media Summit continues in Sydney. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed lower after ...

Brady Bunch as useful as market commentary: Shane Oliver

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
The proliferation of news and market information in the always connected digital age is doing little to improve performance for most investors, according to AMP head of investment strategy and chief economist Shane Oliver. Shedding light on the amount ...

ANZ profit up 3.6% in "tougher environment"

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... quarterly average, but so were expenses - the statement attributes this to exchange rate impacts and the development of "a new digital platform for Australian business". The group also saw a 9% rise in customer deposits and an 8% growth in net loans ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... to 87 cents after mining billionaire Gina Rinehart sold her entire 14.99 per cent stake in the newspaper publisher and digital media company. "It's everything to do with Gina Rinehart," Mr Conway said, adding that her comments that Fairfax had "no workable ...

Tech "arms race" to spur banking competition

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... outlook report hinted at technology innovations likely to transform the market: "The evolution of technologies such as digital printing may eventually enable customers to issue their own cards at home - if cards have not been usurped by mobile wallets." ...