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Macquarie and Canadian pension fund buy SA government asset

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... accordance with usual Government practice. The contract also includes a commitment by Land Services SA to establish an Innovation Hub in Adelaide, provide $35 million in ICT investment in South Australia and to work with local digital start-ups. The ...

Stone and Chalk partners for new Melbourne hub

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... community." Stone & Chalk Melbourne will be housed alongside SproutX, Australian's national agricultural technology innovation hub, and offer 60 desks for fintech startups. The hub will also run a series of programs and partnerships to develop the local ...

Mercer vet takes reins at former Pillar offices

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... Pillar Administration. Jo-Anne Bloch takes on the role having previously been partner and team leader at Mercer's Innovation Hub in the US. Before that, she was Mercer's financial advice leader in Sydney. Before Mercer, Bloch was chief executive of the ...

Mercer appoints acting CIO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... of Jo-Anne Bloch and Nick White. Bloch has spent the last three years as a partner and team leader of the Global Innovation Hub in Mercer's New York business, while White has been serving as director of portfolio construction research in the United Kingdom. ...

ASIC collaborates with Kenya on innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... break down barriers to entry both here and in Kenya," Medcraft said. According to Medcraft, since launching the Innovation Hub in 2015 ASIC has seen a boost in the number of requests from fintech startups pertaining to how best to navigate regulatory ...

NAB pursues innovation via global banking alliance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
NAB has partnered with two global financial institutions to form an international banking innovation alliance. Teaming up with Israel's Bank Leumi and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), the alliance will facilitate the sharing of information ...

Asset manager launches quant platform after acquisition

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... GAM Systematic will complement GAM's active discretionary investment offering and will also serve as the group's innovation hub for the development of new technologies, investment ideas and approaches for systematic strategies and products. GAM will ...

ASIC and Singapore regulator sign co-op agreement

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... encouraging innovation that has the potential to benefit financial consumers and investors. "Since ASIC launched its Innovation Hub last year, we have seen a surge in requests by fintech start-ups seeking assistance about how to navigate the regulatory ...

ASIC and UK regulator sign fintech deal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... businesses to benefit from the new agreement, they will need to conform to the criteria of their home market's Innovation Hub. They will then need to be referred by their home regulator, which will put them in touch with a "dedicated team or contact ...

Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... disruption from technological innovation. Initiatives such as Westpac Garage, IAG Labs and Macquarie's support of innovation hub Stone & Chalk, according to Macdonald, show the big institutions are interested in what is emerging not just in the context ...