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ANZ appoints tech exec, CIO departs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... business and our relationship with customers. Gerard's leadership skills and his background in technology, including cloud computing, make him ideally suited to oversee the strategic shift we need to make," Elliott said. Florian's appointment forms part ...

Machine learning to revolutionise investing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... sets. "The rise of machine learning in quantitative investing is powered by three separate revolutions: the growth in computing power, the explosion of data generation, and the maturing of methodologies from statistics, computer science, mathematics ...

PROFILE: Qantas Super chief executive Michael Clancy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... electronically, digitally - I think it very much needs to be delivered on mobile devices as well as more traditional types of computing. Whether it's providing that member with more information or advice options or education options, whether it's doing ...

Magellan eyes 'exponential growth' from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... machine age may be more important than The Industrial Revolution," he said. Highlighting the exponential improvement in computing power and the fact that more data has been created in the past two years than in the previous history of the human race ...

ASIC releases 2016 enforcement report

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... The report noted that malicious cyber activity would continue to be a focus in 2016, with the use of encryption, cloud computing, virtualisation and new technology creating challenges for law enforcement agencies globally. ASIC predicts that by 2020 ...

Pessimistic investment horizon for super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... are several views of the future investment landscape and any of them could be correct. Flanders said purchasing more computing power could mean the world is on the edge of a productivity boom - the likes of which we have never seen - or alternatively ...

Swiss Re to use artificial intelligence in underwriting

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... to make use of its Watson artificial intelligence technology. The first Swiss Re business line to use this "cognitive computing" service will be life and health reinsurance, and according to Swiss Re's statement this will enable the insurer to "identify ...

Household is the future of advice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... accounts for each client or investor sitting within that structure. "Of course, being able to do that requires a lot of computing power, especially when you start talking about individual tax lots for securities held on each portfolio," she added.

Regulator clouding wealth management: PractiFI

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
Weaknesses in outsourcing wealth management via cloud technology or shared computing services - as identified by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) - have sparked an impassioned response. On Monday APRA released an information paper ...

Class expands in the SMSF cloud

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) recently released an information paper on its considerations around outsourcing shared computing services, including cloud. As shared computer services continually evolve, APRA is encouraging ongoing dialogue with ...