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Default retirement products not good enough: Milliman

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... including scale, capability and existing skill sets," Gebler said. Achieving this will require the combination of actuarial, big data, investment management, behavioural finance and communications skills, backed by technology and platforms enabling cohort ...

Top trends reshaping Aussie superannuation

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... service offerings combined with ongoing regulatory reform is prompting funds to act. In the golden age of the consumer, big data and new technologies are creating a new reality and opening up significant opportunities for super funds." Up first, Bravura ...

Actuaries Institute names new president

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... profession is that it offers an independent voice that government and regulators can trust," Lyon said. Commenting on how big data is shaping the actuarial profession, she added: "More data, especially on personal health, can now be made available, but ...

Human Super pitches product designed for women

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... weapons manufacturers, and human rights violators from their investments. Human Super is a portfolio company of digital and big data strategy company Harris Partners, of which Tymula is the chief executive officer and managing director. While the superannuation ...

Life insurers complacent on Big Data

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
The lack of urgency displayed by life insurers in relation to adopting Big Data is unsustainable, a new report suggests. The MLC/Financial Services Council Big Data in Life Insurance report is based on data analysis and in-depth interviews with C-suite ...

ME grows tech capabilities via partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... strategy follows on from the completion of a $90 million digital transformation last year which allowed the bank to analyse big data and providing its industry super fund owners with a valuable information source.

Virgin Super sees Mercer takeover

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... for you." Virgin Super can now access Mercer's market leading consumer insights via MercerEdge - Mercer's proprietary big data and analytics platform. Virgin Money Super will be relaunched to the public early in 2017.

Hedge fund growth under pressure: EY

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... investment program and attract investors. More than half (52%) of managers use non-traditional or next-generation data and big data analytics to support their investment process. However it's the smallest managers who are most active in this space, with ...

Insurers to battle big data privacy concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
While big data presents a boon for insurers doing customer risk analysis, the benefits will have to be weighed against ongoing user privacy and discrimination issues. This is one of the key findings of the Actuaries Institutes' latest green paper, which ...

Machine learning to revolutionise investing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... increasingly recognising the benefits of machine learning for investors, according to Man AHL. Encouraged by the rise of big data and evolving technologies, Man says the artificial intelligence solution is developing into a powerful investment tool. ...