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BlackRock moves to machine stock picking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
After an extensive review BlackRock has restructured its active equities product offering and affirmed its plans to integrate artificial intelligence, hinting that future jobs will be aligned with robots. In positioning itself for the future, the world's ...

RBNZ on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has a positive view of the international economy - "Macroeconomic indicators in advanced economies have been positive over the past two months" -inflation - "Global headline inflation has increased... Core inflation ...

Not off the boil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
Chinese authorities' regulatory restrictions to cool the housing market appear to be having little impact on property prices. Latest figures show that the average price of new homes in 70 Chinese cities rose by 0.3% in the month of February following ...

One Direction and the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
There's "One Direction (1D)" - the English-Irish pop music boy band -- and there's the Bank of England (BOE). Like the big event of March - the US Federal Reserve lifted the fed funds rate by 25 basis points to 0.75% - 1.0% at its 15-16 March FOMC meeting ...

BTIM strengthens risk and operations divisions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... has also previously worked for Thomson Financial Software Solutions, Rothschild Australia Asset Management, Qantas and Advance Bank Australia. BTIM Australia chief operating officer Hayden King said he is thrilled to welcome de Courcey to the team. "With ...

Forward thinking must underpin advice: Vanguard

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
Financial advisers should look beyond short term economic and geopolitical events to long term global trends, Vanguard global chief economist and investment strategy group head Joseph Davis says. Speaking at the fund manager's adviser roadshow in Sydney ...

YBR partnership drives wealth renewal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
In transforming its wealth division Yellow Brick Road will work with an industry software provider to benefit its network of franchisee owners. YBR will roll out Rubik's scaled advice software Provisio to its franchisees, enabling them to write 80% ...

Regnan CEO steps down

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... career flexibility, whilst retaining her skills within the Regnan team. Under Amanda's leadership, Regnan has continued to advance the responsible investment agenda in Australia, acting as a voice for the promotion of sustainable and inclusive capital ...

BlackRock makes two senior appointments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
BlackRock Australia added two senior hires to the six appointments it made in November last year, following an integration of its institutional and retail distribution teams. Stuart Dunn is the new head of wealth distribution for the northern region ...

Women in Super launch 2017 scholarships

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Applications for the third annual Women in Super and AGSM@UNSW Business School scholarship program are now open. The scholarship provides members of the Women in Super NSW chapter with the opportunity to attend one of the Australian Graduate School ...