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Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... decade. "Automation will probably change the vast majority of occupations, and up to 45% of all work activities in the United States, where MGI performed its analysis, can be automated right now with current technology," the report said. "Our work indicates ...

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... could spill over into America. " "This translates into weaker exports, business investment and manufacturing in the United States, slower progress on hitting the inflation target, and financial tightening through the exchange rate and rising risk spreads ...

Morningstar appoints head of sales and distribution

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... more than 20 years' experience in business leadership roles in the financial services industry in Australia and the United States. Most recently she was a consultant and mentor in leadership and sales and a co-producer for the inaugural Conscious Capitalism ...

Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... Oil at US$10 a barrel! OMG! That's fantabolous - at least, for oil consumers the biggest three of which are the United States, China, Japan. And at least in so far as what this old, ageing bloke learned in Economics 101. Higher oil prices are a tax on ...

Nikko returns global equities to overweight stance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... stance on global equities to moderately overweight from neutral, citing healthy economic growth prospects in the United States. The Tokyo-based company's investment committee maintained an underweight stance on global bonds against US dollar cash for ...

The GFC is still among us: Varoufakis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... European Union is the magnificent construction of the EU spirit. But none of that is true: the EU was created by the United States," he said. Following the end of World War II, "the US, under Truman, took French and German bankers and made a deal. The ...

Senate to investigate white-collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... is like being hit by a lettuce leaf." Australian policy makers are looking at the US system for reference: "The United States, for instance, has double the potential jail-term available as compared to Australia in cases of fraud, insider trading and ...

Super fund chief in Paris for climate talks

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... replace the Kyoto protocol, "There have been some very encouraging developments in recent months." "In particular the United States and China have both come out with encouraging positions in regard to their own domestic policy - completely different ...

Robo revolution to benefit human advisers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
Digital advice tools should be seen as an opportunity, not a threat for the traditional advice market in the United States, according to the UB-based global analytics firm Cerulli Associates. "Many industry stakeholders assume that ongoing advances ...

FEATURE: The circle of life

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... Rajan said lifecycle superannuation funds are gaining traction not only in Australia but globally. He said in the United States about $700 billion has been invested in target-date funds (also known as lifecycle or lifestage) during the last five to 10 ...