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Machine learning to revolutionise investing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... computing power, the explosion of data generation, and the maturing of methodologies from statistics, computer science, mathematics and engineering, amongst other disciplines," Ledford said. "As more data become available, sophisticated machine learning ...

Competitiveness at risk from STEM fall-off

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... findings suggest Australia has the lowest percentage of girls studying STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects compared to five countries across the Asia Pacific. "Australia cannot expect to be able to adequately compete on the ...

Tribeca creates new investment role

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... PhD from Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) and a Bachelor's degree from University of Sydney in Applied Mathematics, where he won a University Medal," Daily said. Moore joins Tribeca's quantitative team which consists of market veterans Sean ...

Blue Sky adds maths software company

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... significant minority share of education technology company ORIGO Education, which provides cloud-based primary school mathematics software. The capital will allow the company, which was founded in Brisbane in 1997, to invest in the research and development ...

PROFILE: HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... years of her adult life. A computer programmer by trade, Blakey first worked at IBM but soon developed an interest in mathematics and statistics. She then decided to pursue an actuarial career and joined an insurance company that acted as a consulting ...

PROFILE: NAB head of wealth Andrew Hagger

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... The youngest of three boys, Hagger grew up in Adelaide Hills and attended the same school where his father taught mathematics. Although he was not bad at it, his father was harder on him than on other students: "He knew when I hadn't done my homework," ...

PROFILE: AMP SMSF managing director Natasha Fenech

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... reports. Fenech learnt the most valuable lesson of her career shortly after finishing her Bachelor of Economics and Mathematics in Adelaide. She was 22 and had just moved to Sydney to work as an actuary. "I realised quickly that I didn't want to have ...

PROFILE: State Street Global Advisors CEO Lochiel Crafter

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... the University of New South Wales, in Sydney. "I found statistics interesting; I liked the pure abstract nature of mathematics, but statistics appealed to me because of their practical application to a whole lot of fields," Crafter says. Studying away ...

Winton appoints Platinum exec to head Sydney office

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... a 120-man team comprising a mixture of PhD post-grads and professors from a diverse range of disciplines including mathematics, statistics, climatology, actuarial science and even extragalactic astrophysics. The group has embarked on significant expansion ...

AMP appoints SMSF managing director

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013