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Large financial firms falling behind on AI adoption

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to rise, larger financial firms are lagging small and medium sized businesses when it comes to adoption, according to Evolved.AI chief executive Mike Kollo. Kollo - who is in Sydney preparing to present at the ...

Financial services chips away at gender pay gap: WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... superannuation funds, AustralianSuper and Aware Super each reported a 16.2% remuneration gap. Australian Retirement Trust (ART) had a 15.9% pay gap while Hostplus had 18.2% gap, while Rest was at the lower end with 10.6%. WGEA analysed more than 7800 ...

CSC-backed fund manager to launch in Netherlands

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
Former Robeco chief investment officer Victor Verberk has partnered with sustainable fixed income credit manager Osmosis to launch Osmosis Investment Management NL in the Netherlands. The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation and the Oxford Endowment ...

Super fund looks to AI

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
Aware Super has hired a data and artificial intelligence executive to speed up the adoption of the fast-developing technology. Mythili Baker has been appointed to the newly created role of head of data and AI at the $185 billion super fund. Aware Super ...

The productivity problem: Good ideas never put to use

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
The Productivity Commission's (PC) latest Annual productivity bulletin has revealed multifactor productivity growth has been almost non-existent in recent times. The bulletin said a creeping inefficiency and failure to push the boundaries of innovation ...

Advisers grapple with AI, require support: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
Nearly one third of financial advisers are currently using artificial intelligence (AI) in their practice at a basic level, but many more say they need education and guidance, a new Investment Trends study finds. Some 27% of advisers that are embracing ...

Technology optimises family office performance: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
With the drastic rise in the number of family offices setting up shop in Australia in recent years, their reliance on technology to optimise operations and performance has also become evident, new research from KPMG found. The 2025 Australian Family ...

Monetary policy not the only game in town: Brian Redican

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
Mohamed El-Erian, who was chief executive of Harvard's endowment and PIMCO, published The Only Game in Town in 2016, presenting central banks as the key driver of the economic agenda. But now it's governments in the driver's seat, NSW Treasury Corporation ...

AI's big moment? Not this year, says Fidelity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... "might have been frowned upon," the survey said. "Expectations of a rise in dealmaking under the man who prides himself on his 'art of the deal,' have substantial implications for how businesses, and their stock prices, are viewed," the survey said. ...

AI is not a bubble: ECP Asset Management

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
ECP Asset Management principal, investments Justin Warton told Financial Standard that the artificial intelligence (AI) boom is still getting started, despite heightened valuations. "The market has seen this movement towards generative AI, and I think ...