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Financial services jobs at risk of automation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
A new report released by the CSIRO predicts that 44% of jobs currently performed by Australian workers are at risk of automation, especially routine jobs within the services industry such as in the financial sector. The CSIRO report, "Tomorrow's Digitally ...

Cbus hires infrastructure manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
Cbus has hired a new infrastructure manager to its investment strategy team from KPMG. Diana Callebaut joined the $32 billion construction industry super fund's investment strategy team in the newly created role of manager, infrastructure on February ...

Lack of scaleability curbs hedge fund appeal

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
Hedge funds are too nuanced to be scaled and investors shouldn't try to assemble them into portfolios, said a leading alternatives investment manager. "Investing in a hedge fund is a collectors' business. You're not building a portfolio but a collection ...

Renewed calls to remove super from political cycle

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
Superannuation policy decisions must be taken out of the Budget and election cycles to prevent a drop in confidence in the system. That was the shared view of a panel of policy experts at the SMSF Association National Conference in Adelaide that included ...

New robo-advice business launches

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
BetaSmartz, a new robo-advice platform aimed at both institutional and retail investors, has launched today. The platform uses algorithms based on 60 years of academic research to create portfolios that equal the performance and sophistication of those ...

IRESS creates new senior product role

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
IRESS has promoted one of its own product specialists to its new product executive, wealth management role. Jacqui Lennon will be responsible for IRESS' wealth management product strategy in Australia and internationally. Lennon joined IRESS in July ...

Alternatives drove Permal and EnTrust marriage

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
Permal Group chief executive Omar Kodmani believes the recent merger with EnTrust Capital means the firms will become a diversified alternatives platform, not just a multi-manager hedge fund shop. In his first interview since the merger announcement ...

GBST extends $8bn IFA partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
GBST has extended its managed services agreement with an $8 billion independent financial advice firm. As a result, Baillieu Holst will continue using GBST's Shares equities settlement platform and Front Office service for its over 50,000 advice and ...

AustralianSuper makes major play for King's Cross

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
AustralianSuper has placed a vote of confidence in the UK's King's Cross development, increasing its stake from 25% to 67.5% in less than 12 months. The UK government announced on Friday it had sold its 36.5% portion of the project to Australia's largest ...

Doom(ed) rebound?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
When the going gets tough...... the tough promises to get going. For a change, a number of equity markets around the globe finished flashing green numbers last week. The All Ordinaries index, for one, closed 0.4% in the plus - pitiful you might say ...