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Asset managers turn to outsourcing, AI: Survey

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2026
... followed by automation and technology improvements at 52% and outsourcing non-core activities at 42%. Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption has moved beyond experimentation, with every respondent reporting some form of deployment. The leading use cases ...

Netwealth buys Paradino for $20m

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2026
... Paradino for $20 million upfront in a bid to expand its offering beyond platform administration and into artificial intelligence-enabled advice workflows and automation. The deal will see Netwealth acquire 100% of Scale Up Platform Solutions, which trades ...

Australian life insurers lag global peers: Capgemini

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... barriers to purchasing a policy. The report also indicated that half of consumers plan to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools to discover and compare life insurance products. Further, 36% of policyholders rarely hear from their life insurer ...

SIAA calls for fresh talent amid advice demand

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... market exposure, intellectual challenge and human judgment that would become increasingly valuable as artificial intelligence reshaped knowledge-based industries. " The reality is stockbroking and investment advice is a dynamic, market-facing profession ...

FEATURE | Digital advice | Interlocking the pieces

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... these tools to scale and improve efficiency. However, digital advice isn't as simple as implementing artificial intelligence (AI) into an adviser's daily operations, and this misconception continues to play out over the years. AZ NGA group chief ...

ECB hikes rates, economists expect RBA might be next

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
... might push inflation further up: the Middle East and the ongoing crisis, unexpected global boom driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and the weakness of the supply potential of the Australian economy. Commenting on Hauser's rhetoric, CreditorWatch ...

Netwealth recruits AI expert to boost in-house advice tech

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
... has appointed data intelligence expert and technologist Silvio Giorgio as general manager of data and artificial intelligence (AI). An immediate focus for Giorgio will be to aggregate multiple sources of data for advisers, helping organise and match ...

Iress retains tech mandate with Capital Haus

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
... administrative burden on advisers. It is also shifting its focus from business simplification to executing an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven product strategy that will help financial advisers slash work processes by nearly 40%. Iress customer distribution ...

Schroders nabs Lazard's Australian portfolio manager

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2026
... deliver for our clients into the future." Isaac Boorer recently joined the team as investment analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) engineer. Boorer joins from Blackwattle Investment Partners, where he spent more than two years as an analyst and ...

ASFA welcomes Rest executive to C-suite role

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
... Further, she will also oversee AIP's Community of Practice on the responsible adoption and oversight of artificial intelligence (AI) in super. Commenting, ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said O'Brien's appointment is crucial to help turning system ...