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AI layoffs a correction from overhiring: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
... WiseTech cut 2000 of its developer and customer service jobs. All companies attributed the jobs cuts to artificial intelligence (AI) in one way or another. However, Morningstar market strategist Lochlan Halloway said before reading these job cuts as ...

BNP Paribas AM to turbocharge $2.6tn AUM by 2030

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
... insurance and institutional partnerships, and retail and wealth management. The fund manager also flagged its artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions, saying it will be deployed across the entire investment and servicing value chain of the front, middle ...

Entireti taps AI to centralise advice data

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... Entireti is partnering with global financial technology firm Communify to build a digital platform which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to centralise data for its advisers and clients. Entireti's ERA platform will gather, analyse and organise data ...

CALI pushes for advice reforms as Australians turn to AI

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
More Australians are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) for insurance advice, underscoring the need for the government to deliver on its advice reforms, the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) said. Research by CALI found three in five Australians ...

Global X to tap humanoid robotics boom

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2026
... benefit as demand for copper, lithium, aluminium, nickel and cobalt will rise. Barclays said physical artificial intelligence is emerging as the next major industrial theme, making investment in actuator makers, precision-component suppliers and automation ...

Aussie super funds eye global partnerships at US summit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
... will also join the funds. The agenda will also include sessions to support a deeper understanding of how artificial intelligence (AI) is being embedded across enterprises and ensure investment portfolios are resilient to technological and geopolitical ...

Australians like AI, reluctant to trust it on financial decisions: Survey

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
Australians are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) in their daily lives, but most remain reluctant to trust it with decisions about their money. Research by Colonial First State (CFS) found while familiarity with AI is growing, human judgement ...

Product showcase: Follow the leaders

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... petrochemicals in the early 20th Century and microprocessors in the 1970s and 1980s, he notes. Today, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, cybersecurity and alternative energy sources are doing the same job. "In particular, over the last 30 years, sharemarket ...

What Australia must do to be at the forefront of financial innovation

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
... Thursday, Longo said Australia must innovate its financial system infrastructure to adopt tokenisation and artificial intelligence (AI). Longo said tokenisation at scale will require modernising financial system infrastructure, stronger collaboration ...

US exceptionalism may have peaked: ART

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... welfare to help large numbers of people adapt to very, very rapid technological change, the rise and rise of artificial intelligence." Parker said these increased demands on governments will lead to larger budget deficits, which will be more problematic ...