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Responding to the revolution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... comes from the institutions and thoughtful implementation of technology," Davis said. At present, about 60% of all university students are studying for jobs that will be transformed by automation in the coming decade. Davis said that what most don't ...

AdviserLogic signs with global risk profiling giant

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
... FinaMetrica co-founder Paul Resnik said. The twenty-year-old FinaMetrica Risk Tolerance Toolkit was developed with University of New South Wales and is now maintained with London School of Economics academics. Its risk tolerance solutions have been integrated ...

Women-led super funds outperform again

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... reinforce the results of a recently released study into the stock market trading performance of Finnish investors by University of NSW and Sydney University academics that found women traders consistently outperformed male counterparts. Last year a study ...

Staggering annuities can fund retirement shortfall

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... retirement, according to a retirement planning expert. David Babbel, a retirement strategy expert and professor from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School, said it can cost retirees 30% to 40% more money to fund retirement without ...

MLC, ANU boost alternatives strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
MLC and Australian National University will ramp up allocations to alternative assets in 2018, according to latest Preqin research. Preqin highlighted the two Australian firms in its alternative assets outlook report, which surveyed more than 550 institutional ...

Chief economist update: Inflation isn't such a lonely word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... tightening monetary policy settings is exactly to ensure that rising inflation doesn't get out of hand. The latest University of Michigan consumer confidence survey attests to this with the readings on inflation expectations unchanged at 2.7% (one-year ...

Reskilling: A worthy purpose for super?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... Speaking at the opening session of the SMSF Association's 2018 National Conference this morning in Sydney, La Trobe University pro-vice chancellor Phillip Dolan said while Australia's ageing population has the potential to cause labour shortages, technological ...

FPEC chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA). Sharon Taylor, FPEC deputy chair and a senior lecturer at Western Sydney University, will serve as acting chair while a suitable replacement is found. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) ...

Industry fund appoints former Queensland state politician

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... 2017 Rugby League World Cup. He is also currently a director of New Zealand Rugby League, EY Advisory Board, Griffith University Council and the Hear and Say Centre for deaf children. Fraser said he is coming to the role of chair at a very exciting time ...

Cultural bias heavily discounts female artwork

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... gap between male and female artists across all sales. Co-author of the paper, Is Gender in the Eye of the Beholder?, University of Technology Sydney associate professor Marco Navone said after looking at sales of artworks by 67,000 artists and even taking ...