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FNZ, Centric extend partnership, citing 'significant' upgrades

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... FNZ's technology. As part of the upgrade, advisers are set to benefit from technology that significantly improves productivity and efficiency from FNZ's global platform, which achieved a 90% improvement in onboarding efficiency. The upgrade allows advisers ...

Spain plans sovereign wealth fund launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... 10.5%, a level not seen since before the Global Financial Crisis. However, the research showed Spain struggles with a productivity issue, with productivity rates well below the European average. It was suggested significant investment in AI could help ...

Advisers 'positioned to thrive' in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... moving away from the hundred-page Statement of Advice," he explained. Similarly, Edwards said focussing on increasing productivity and efficiency in delivering client outcomes will lead advisers to AI tools. "I'm excited about 2026 for advice. no matter ...

Equity managers' research most reliant on AI: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... deal screening and due diligence. However, scaling across functions remains limited," the report read. As a whole, productivity and saving time are the most cited expected benefits of generative AI for nearly 40% of respondents. Speed to insight was ...

Inflation pulls back in November

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... move to the cash rate. "Australia's economic challenges continue to be dominated by supply rather than demand. Poor productivity growth and weak investment are not the result of a cyclical downswing, but instead are the structural consequences of a lack ...

No room for a neutral stance in 2026: BlackRock

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... investment," it said. In the instance that "we break out of a 2% growth world and AI delivers a 1.5% boost to growth through productivity gains. We estimate that this would expand economy-wide revenues by $1.1 trillion per year - more than enough to ...

Productivity Commission makes 47 recommendations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
The government released the final reports of the Productivity Commission's five pillars of productivity inquiries - containing 47 recommendations to support productivity growth across five key areas of the economy. "Australia's productivity ...

Change in AI sentiment, credit events could 'derail activity': AustralianSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... economy could lead to supply capacity issues underpinning the need for investment spending, Page said the outlook for productivity will determine how fast economies can expand without reviving inflation. "Strong US productivity growth has been an exception ...

Stonepeak acquires gas distribution network in Queensland

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... south-east Queensland in particular, is experiencing significant economic expansion underpinned by population and productivity growth that is supported by the Allgas network. We look forward to working with Allgas to help effectively capitalise on these ...

Fund managers remain bullish on AI for 2026

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
... the top AI companies. "We feel like the hype around AI is justified based on the strong earnings and the potential productivity gains that we see coming from AI in the medium term," Maguchu said. Maguchu noted that State Street sees AI to have a transformative ...