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Idle technology leaves super fund members behind

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... "not a hard thing to do." Zuper, he said, is built entirely around data that sits on a platform that's part machine learning and part AI. The firm leverages data to "fully understand" every member and forms as a foundation to help the three leaders ...

Perpetual partners with Microsoft

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... risk of mortgage market defaults and financial losses. The Microsoft partnership has allowed Perpetual to use machine learning, Perpetual Corporate Trust acting group executive Richard McCarthy said. "So the predictive capability of the platform will ...

Raiz to launch group insurance products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... insurance policies. The deal involves jointly researching and developing customised group insurance products using machine learning algorithms developed by Swiss Re. A predictive underwriting model that aims to deliver a simpler underwriting experience ...

Quant manager seeks to unscramble cryptocurrency dictionary

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... online discussion boards and the news media among other sources. A post-doctoral research appointment in the machine learning division at Oxford-Man Institute has been tasked with the crypto project. It is one of two recent post-doctoral research appointments ...

Aussie fund managers face machine learning challenges

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
Australia's investment management firms lag behind Japan when it comes to using machine learning in investment strategies, a new Bloomberg survey shows. The poll of 450 participants comprising traders, portfolio managers, analysts and market data practitioners ...

Asset manager gives ESG data to BNY subsidiary

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... monitor the sustainability performance of about 7000 of the largest corporations across the globe, leveraging machine learning to systematically combine more than 200 ESG metrics with news signals from over 50,000 sources. Arabesque said its tool was ...

CFA Australia names first chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... director Graeme Miller. The CFA Institute recently announced it is introducing artificial intelligence, fintech and machine learning to its curriculum in 2019. The Institute updated its subject areas in an effort to arm candidates with the skills and ...

Aberdeen Standard launches AI-powered global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
Aberdeen Standard Investments launched a new fund that uses active quantitative strategies powered by machine learning to identify sources of potential returns. Launched in Luxembourg, the Aberdeen Global (AG) Artificial Intelligence Global Equity SICAV ...

CFA adds AI and fintech to curriculum

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
The CFA Institute is introducing artificial intelligence, fintech and machine learning to its curriculum as of next year. The Institute updated its subject areas in an effort to arm candidates with the skills and knowledge needed for success in the ...

HESTA appoints quant general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... big data innovations," she said. "He will help us to leverage large and varied data sets, use econometric and machine learning techniques that will support us to continue delivering strong investment returns for members in the future." Prior to joining ...