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Industry funds must renew aged care investment focus

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... Ageing (COTA Australia), super fund executives discussed how the $2 trillion superannuation system could support the development of aged care services and vital infrastructure. COTA Australia chief executive Ian Yates said the aged care sector will need ...

NAB hastily recruits after announcing job cuts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... level of support workers need. "The FSU has negotiated industry leading job security provisions including training and development and NAB must honour the agreement by providing real assistance to the people impacted by these changes while they are still ...

AMP introduces facial recognition for mobile clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Users of AMP's wealth management apps can now log-in via facial recognition. Facial recognition identification enhances the experience of using the Bett3r and My AMP apps, according to AMP's director of digital and design, Michael Weeding. "The apps ...

Northern Trust grows APAC team with Sydney hire

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... Northern Trust from Kairos Enterprises where she was an independent consultant, advocating for market infrastructure development for the Australian securities industry. Previously, she was general manager for the ASX's clearing services where she led ...

Managed accounts sector knuckles down on data standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... participants. However, no standard is in place for the definition or formats for this data. This leads to bespoke development, greater risk of error and higher cost of integration," Potter said. The working group aims to amend this, working to eliminate ...

Former HUB24 executive joins global data provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
A former head of business development at HUB24 joined a global investment data and analytics firm. John Rowley, who led HUB24's business development and marketing strategy between 2011 and 2013, is now vice president - business development, Australia ...

Boutique investment bank expands in Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
A specialist investment bank is boosting its Australian footprint with two senior appointments at its new offices in Sydney. Nelson Lam joins Berkshire Capital Australia as principal and executive director; at the same time, Glenn Dunn has joined as ...

Financial services firms eye machine learning

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... to catch up," he said. Mann predicts greater application of machine learning will be evident in end-to-end strategy development, deep learning for time series analysis, and analysing data across languages. In Australia, 46% of respondents in the Bloomberg ...

Fed does the expected, will do as expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
It was the event that wasn't. This event, of course, is the US Federal Reserve's 31 October - 1 November FOMC meeting. The Fed's forward guidance is the same as it was in the 20 September FOMC statement when it announced that it would initiate its balance ...

Legg Mason hires national BDM

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
Legg Mason appointed a new national business development manager to bolster its Sydney presence. Adam Muston joins from UBS Asset Management where he was the national sales manager of wholesale sales. Prior to joining UBS, he was an equity and derivative ...