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Behavioural tools to limit losses, fear

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... long-term financial success. In a virtual conference held by Morningstar, the investment manager's global head of decision sciences Ryan Murphy said arming investors with the skills to limit behavioural biases can be especially helpful during a crisis. ...

Markets react as antiviral drug disappoints

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... flopped in human trials saw markets fall overnight. Originally reported by the Financial Times, the publisher said Gilead Sciences antiviral drug remdesivir did not reduce the coronavirus pathogen in bloodstreams, nor did it improve patients' conditions ...

Super smashes best-performing salaries list

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... for specialised roles in the industry, the report said. Full-time workers in mathematics, statistics and information sciences were rewarded with a 44% salary increase over the period, earning $118,937 per annum on average. Teaching aides and special ...

Industry Super Australia chair steps down

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... agribusiness within the next five years. He said the significant growth in private equity, especially in medical research and sciences will be led by industry funds.

What makes a tech company attractive for HNW investors?

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... others. One tech investment idea attractive to Petre is "medtechs" that are using machine learning to improve medical sciences. For example, melanoma can now be diagnosed with greater accuracy and at a fraction of the cost, he said. When you do find ...

Robotic stock picking: the future is now

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... BlackRock chairman and chief executive Larry Fink said the move was driven by massive advances in technology and data sciences. "Our ambition is to be the most sophisticated user of data and technology in the financial services industry," Fink said. ...

BlackRock moves to machine stock picking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... compensation payments. "Traditional methods of equity investing are being reshaped by massive advances in technology and data sciences. At the same time, client preferences are shifting, focusing not just on outcomes but on how both performance and fees ...

Brandon Capital to build largest Commonwealth VC fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... the government's $500 million Biomedical Translation Fund (BTF). Brandon Capital will drive the development of its life sciences fund, the Medical Research Commercialisation Fund, as part of a government initiative to make Australia a global leader in ...

Australian private equity driving M&A

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... capital investment and foreign interest. Sauer said: "Sectors traditionally attractive to venture capital, such as life sciences and information and communication technology, will continue to grow due to increased capital availability and support courtesy ...

Low return world a boon for VC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
A number of institutional investors are proving the health sciences venture capital space holds significant potential for Australian investors, with funding from the likes of QIC and Hostplus driving major pharmaceutical developments. According to data ...