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Zurich identifies investment megatrends

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... new whitepaper, titled "Investable Megatrends", the company identifies factors - including advances in technology and science, as well as economic and demographic shifts - which are "fundamentally changing the fabric of modern economies." The megatrends ...

PROFILE: BNP Paribas Securities Services country head David Braga

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... plotting and scheming where I might be in three or five years' time." Braga left university with a degree in computer science and pure maths and as a graduate was initially hunting for technology roles. After being offered roles at Westpac and BT Funds ...

EY and UTS form financial data partnership

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... is also a major growth area, with organisations increasingly recognising the need for people with the right maths and science skill sets to meet this demand," he added.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher, following strong gains on Wall Street. At 0653 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 39 points at 5,726. The S&P 500 in the US rose to a fresh record close, led by strong ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following losses on Wall Street. At 0655 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 50 points at 5,754. US stocks tumbled overnight on worries about higher oil prices and tensions ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... to deliver a speech at the Australian Financial Review Banking and Wealth Summit in Sydney. Department of Industry and Science chief economist Mark Cully is scheduled to speak at an Australian Business Economists lunch, in Sydney, and the Disruptocon ...

Tech stock tech stock (tick tock tick tock)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015

PBOC to QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
"He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious." - Lao Tzu, 'The Art of War' That "when" to fight must be nigh. Rumour has it that the People's Bank of China (PBOC) is preparing its own QE programme - prompted by the PBOC's recent ...

Plato hires senior quant analyst from SSgA

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... head of SSgA's Advanced Research Center in Sydney. Whiteoak has a PhD in Astrophysics and a first class honours degree in Science from the University of Sydney. Plato's founder and managing director, Dr Don Hamson said: "A number of our team previously ...

Former van Eyk consultants launch new business

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... Ramsay said: "Unfortunately, the financial services industry often has a tendency to either blind its constituency with science or oversimplify with unrealistic promises, and sometimes does both at the same time. "We want to strike a balance - as Einstein ...