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Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
More investors are turning to fixed income ETFs as a way to finetune their bond portfolios. Karren Vergara finds out what is driving the demand and why this new wave of defensive ETFs is here to stay. Recalling the sharp market correction that stung ...

ANZ launches underwriting engine to market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
ANZ's life insurance arm has released its predictive underwriting technology following a successful soft launch. The big data-powered underwriting engine will allow customers applying for OneCare insurance to complete personal statements 30% faster. ...

Tradies test predictive underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... acceptable," he said. Early this year, ANZ Wealth partnered with Advanced Analytics Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS AAi) to use machine learning and big data to build a more reliable application and assessment process. UTS AAi associate ...

Cultural bias heavily discounts female artwork

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... female artists across all sales. Co-author of the paper, Is Gender in the Eye of the Beholder?, University of Technology Sydney associate professor Marco Navone said after looking at sales of artworks by 67,000 artists and even taking away sales of more ...

ANZ Wealth tests AI-driven underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... improve its underwriting processes. The collaboration with the Advanced Analytics Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS AAi) will use machine learning and big data to develop a more reliable application and assessment process. UTS AAi ...

Professional investment association rebrands

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... following institutions: The Investment Management Research Program of Portfolio Construction Forum and University of Technology Sydney, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and Yale School ...

Independent director joins Westpac board

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
... Genome.One, a subsidiary of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. She is also a member of the University of Technology Sydney Vice Chancellor's Industry Advisory Board, and the Federal Government's FinTech Advisory Group. Westpac chair Lindsay Maxsted ...

Advice experiences can help educate non-advised

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... educate Australians. A new university study led by researchers from the University of Adelaide, University of Technology Sydney and University of Western Australia found that through sharing client experiences of the value of advice, more non-clients ...

Colonial First State partners with UTS

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
After forming a new partnership, Colonial First State (CFS) and University of Technology Sydney (UTS) will collaborate on a range of projects to better understand how Australians engage with their superannuation and wealth. The agreement means both ...

Confusion over APRA risk disclosure guidance

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... elicit more consumer mistakes than other presentation methods, according to research from the University of Technology Sydney. Speaking at an Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) seminar in Sydney yesterday, Susan Thorp, professor in ...