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Retirement confidence lags as investors turn to AI

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
... described themselves as experts failing to correctly answer three basic financial literacy questions. Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming part of investors decision making, with 70% saying they had used AI to help make investment decisions. ...

Praemium brings forward chair succession

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
... Data published in August found 80% of high-net-worth investors who work with an adviser had already used artificial intelligence (AI) for financial tasks, including financial education, comparing investment strategies and sense-checking advice. However ...

Intergenerational Report looks to AI to buoy productivity slump

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... growing at just 2% annually, according to the latest Intergenerational Report (IGR), which points to the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution to buoy sagging productivity. Treasury estimates the economy will more than double its current size and income ...

AI overtakes superfunds for investor education

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) has overtaken superannuation funds as a source of investment information among younger, highly knowledgeable Australian investors, according to new research from Global X. The inaugural GXIQ Investor Scorecard 2026, base ...

Alceon makes first investment with new PE strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2026
... in Engage Squared. Founded in 2014, Engage Squared helps enterprise and government organisations adopt artificial intelligence (AI), strengthen cybersecurity and improve productivity and collaboration through Microsoft technologies. The company serves ...

AI moves into the advice process

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
... spend less time piecing together clients' histories and more time acting on them, as Marloo launches an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that searches entire client books alongside new research showing consumers are increasingly willing to let AI help ...

Asset managers turn to outsourcing, AI: Survey

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2026
... followed by automation and technology improvements at 52% and outsourcing non-core activities at 42%. Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption has moved beyond experimentation, with every respondent reporting some form of deployment. The leading use cases ...

Netwealth buys Paradino for $20m

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2026
... Paradino for $20 million upfront in a bid to expand its offering beyond platform administration and into artificial intelligence-enabled advice workflows and automation. The deal will see Netwealth acquire 100% of Scale Up Platform Solutions, which trades ...

Australian life insurers lag global peers: Capgemini

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... barriers to purchasing a policy. The report also indicated that half of consumers plan to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools to discover and compare life insurance products. Further, 36% of policyholders rarely hear from their life insurer ...

SIAA calls for fresh talent amid advice demand

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... market exposure, intellectual challenge and human judgment that would become increasingly valuable as artificial intelligence reshaped knowledge-based industries. " The reality is stockbroking and investment advice is a dynamic, market-facing profession ...
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