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ASIC needs to focus on prevention, not cure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... the proposal to remove ASIC from the Public Service Act so that it would be less restricted in its hiring practices. A live poll conducted at the conference showed that nearly 80% of participants felt ASIC did not have the skills or expertise to be an ...

Fidante manager closes $400m industrial water fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
Fidante Partners-affiliated real assets investment manager Resonance has made the third close of its industrial water infrastructure fund. Resonance Industrial Water Infrastructure Limited has received $400m in commitments from six institutional investors ...

Australian elections just gave uncertainty a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
"As a historian, I fear that Brexit could be the beginning of the destruction of not only the EU but also of western political civilization in its entirety." -Donald Tusk, President of the European Council I thought he went over the top and got carried ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
US GDP The Bureau of Economic Analysis' (BEA) third estimate of the US economy showed that real GDP grew at an annualised rate of 1.1% in the first quarter of this year. This is higher than market expectations for a 1.0% growth and an upgrade from the ...

Britons vote 'Adieu EU'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016

Parting could be such sweet sorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
'Brexit', the worry du jour and the epic horror movie of our time that's coming soon, very soon to a theatre near us. With only four sleeps to go before the Brits vote to leave or remain in the European Union this coming Thursday (23 June), the UK remains ...

Decimal appoints new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
Listed robo-advice provider Decimal Software has appointed a new chair. Mark Potts is currently chief technology officer, corporate strategy at Hewlett-Packard. He has held other roles at HP, including vice president, portfolio strategy - HP software ...

Oxford-Man Institute expands into machine learning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
The University of Oxford and Man AHL have announced that the Oxford-Man Institute (OMI) will expand its focus on machine learning and data analytics, becoming part of the University's department of engineering and science from 1 August 2016. The expansion ...

Decimal makes international debut

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
Decimal Software (Decimal) has signed an agreement with a "leading global professional services firm" allowing it to scale delivery of its enterprise grade robo-advice platform to international banks and financial services companies. The Memorandum ...

Energy Super partners with robo-adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
Energy Super is the latest industry fund to sign on a robo-advice platform, a move it says will complement existing financial advice offerings. The $6 billion fund has entered a partnership with Decimal Software and its new Eqilize platform, a robo-advice ...