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ANZ launches underwriting engine to market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... ANZ's life insurance arm has released its predictive underwriting technology following a successful soft launch. The big data-powered underwriting engine will allow customers applying for OneCare insurance to complete personal statements 30% faster. ...

SuperConcepts names new technology lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... quality and customer satisfaction." Fenech said SuperConcepts will work on innovations with artificial intelligence and big data to improve business processes and workflows for customers going forward.

Quant manager seeks to unscramble cryptocurrency dictionary

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... ordinarily be considered. So how does the chief scientist approach Brexit? "[Generally] machine learning models require big data sets, and if you give me data on 500,000 Brexit-like events then I could tell you something about it," he said. "All the ...

Alternative investment manager partners with VC firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... about 24 companies in emerging and frontier technologies (AR/VR, AI, drones, robotics, autonomous mobility and IoT), big data, cybersecurity, enterprise SaaS. Auctus will pay up to $1 million to Scout Venture's Bradley C. Harrison. It has also said it ...

New fund to invest in "clean disruption" tech

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... return index ex Australia in Aussie dollars. The AtlasTrend Online Shopping Spree Fund has returned 13.86%, the AtlasTrend Big Data Big Fund has hit 12.36% while the Splurging Baby Boomers Fund has hit 4.07% in annualised returns to July end since its ...

HESTA appoints quant general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... knowledge and experience in quantitative techniques that can enhance our investment process and is at the leading edge of big data innovations," she said. "He will help us to leverage large and varied data sets, use econometric and machine learning techniques ...

Advisers still resistant to social media

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... less of a threat," Netwealth's report reads. "Whatever the reason, we shouldn't disregard robo-advice 3.0. It is big data meets AI, wrapped in a slick user interface, and offers the possibility of investment execution being undertaken by a managed ...

Big data's big retirement benefits

DARREN SNYDER, STEPHEN FAY  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
J.P. Morgan Asset Management says big data is allowing retirement income products to be better customised to the individual and more dynamic in managing retiree spending. The asset manager has designed a solution in the US, assisted by retiree data ...

Tech is all upside for insurance: HSBC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... impacts of various technology enabled-solutions. HSBC said it could envisage significant benefits from capitalising on the big data advantages held by insurers, as well as using real-time data such as vehicle telematics to assist with pricing insurance ...

Financial services giants launch ESG indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... ESG themes coming through the different areas of the business [such as] our custody business and what we're doing with big data." Among the initiatives with big data, clients want know exactly what's in their portfolio, he said. BlackRock head of emerging ...