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University students to run hedge fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... to provide students with a realistic and immersive funds management experience that helps to attract, nurture and build human capital for the industry. "Many of us older industry folks hail from broker firms, investment banks or other disciplines because ...

Industry fund grows leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... and customer experience. "Sean is passionate about understanding customers and developing products and services utilising human-centered design frameworks, and is excited about the insight and value he now brings to Energy Super," a spokesperson for ...

Drought-hit farmers turn to advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... advisers are dealing first-hand with the impact. The numbers are startling yet they don't come close to measuring the human impact drought has had on farming families - some have had to kill cattle and part with farms handed down through generations. ...

UBS shutters UK robo platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... among other things because the investment strategy definition is not driven by algorithms but by UBS' broad-based, very human investment process." He added it constantly reviews the portfolio and provides updates and alerts to give clients a strong assurance ...

Commitment to ethical investing booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... critical components that inform the investment decisions. "We are now at a stage whereby issues such as climate change, human rights, corporate culture, diversity and a whole range of other important sustainability issues are right at the forefront of ...

Chief economist update: Younger migrants and the elderly keep wages low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... pool of available workers in the country. This would keep the unemployment rate higher than it would have been given lesser human resources. This would keep wages lower than they would otherwise because new migrants and older workers are less likely ...

Super enters new digital advice realm

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... client funds with easy-to-understand advice delivered personally and in a familiar manner. "This latest upgrade brings a human element to digital advice, by speaking to members using first-person language. Super Blueprint 3.0 means members can generate ...

AI and avatars set to alter wealth management

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... time. "In the future, we could see UBS advisers in thousands of different rooms, all with Daniel Kalt available as a digital human," Fitzgerald said. UBS said any future rollouts would depend on the pilot program and the feedback from advisers and their ...

Catholic Super appoints CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... addition to the management of external and internal relationships for CSF. Last month, Catholic Super committed to protecting human rights as a part of its ESG-based investment decision making. "One tool we are looking at is the introduction of a new ...

Catholic Super backs Modern Slavery Act

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... investment stakeholders to report on slavery risks in their supply chains," Pegan said. The fund said it sees protecting human rights as a part of its ESG-based investment decision making. "While delivering strong returns to our members is our main measure ...