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Robo-advice to impact not replace: CFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... ultra-high net worth individuals, deeming their need for tailored financial advice too complicated for standardised automation tools provided by robo-advisers. The survey highlighted that respondents were divided about the impact of financial advice ...

BlackRock's Fink issues stark warning for global economy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
Shifting energy costs, the waning Chinese construction boom, extraordinary monetary policy and the rise of automation mean the global economy is now more fragile than at any point since the financial crisis, according to the head of the world's largest ...

Financial services jobs at risk of automation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
... new report released by the CSIRO predicts that 44% of jobs currently performed by Australian workers are at risk of automation, especially routine jobs within the services industry such as in the financial sector. The CSIRO report, "Tomorrow's Digitally ...

Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... institutions must tread carefully if they are to adapt their workforces to the monumental changes resulting from process automation in what has been dubbed "the second machine age." A 2015 PwC report said nearly half of the jobs in Australia are at high ...

Now is the time to accommodate the sellers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... agents and sensors. One of the key forces in play is the displacement of labour by machines. Some of this is factory automation or services moving online." Amid market turbulence, however, the journey to success could be fraught with challenges for investors. ...

Calastone hires senior Macquarie executive

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... sending managed fund transactions via Calastone, gaining efficiencies and reducing risk through intelligent transaction automation," she said. "Calastone streamlines back office processing in the managed funds industry, where manual handling has long ...

Mine Wealth + Wellbeing partners admin newcomer

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... union accounts, pension and long-service leave accounting and tax, and non-super investments. Watson said: "The extra automation is a massive benefit to our business." Recreo was founded by Crooks and fellow director David Johnston, who worked together ...

OneVue partners with investment manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... revenue run rate. The firm has been able to create further operating leverage in fund services due to its high level of automation. OneVue managing director Connie Mckeage said in order to partner with custodians and global investment managers "we have ...

Myonlineadvisers teams up with US robo firm

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... continued ability to fund future Nobel Prizes. The tools simplify portfolio management and basic client interaction through automation. A key differentiator is the inclusion of basic financial planning questions on top of the standard online risk tolerance ...

BTFG adds managed funds to platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... their banking and wealth products, all in one place," Shuttleworth concluded. At the same time, BTFG has completed the automation of all of its platforms -Wrap, Asgard and Panorama- with Calastone technology. BTFG has been using Calastone for automatic ...