How edtech innovators are making personalised learning accessible – and fun October 21, 2016 As anyone who has seen a toddler get their hands on a smartphone can testify, the digital revolution isn't just for adults. While concerns about the next generation growing up with square eyes and fried brains bubble to the surface now and again, the more positive trend of using digital to enhance education seems to [...]
Cyber security innovators are taking on the criminals on their own turf October 21, 2016 In an increasingly digital world where we entrust our most valuable data to the information superhighway, it was almost inevitable that criminals and other bad actors would eventually catch up and move their business online too. Their methods are becoming ever more sophisticated as they take advantage of the labyrinth that is the "dark web", which enables [...]
It’s time to take notice of the coming healthtech revolution October 21, 2016 A tech-enabled healthtech revolution is well and truly in play judging by the superb businesses on the Digital Innovators list blazing a trail in this area, and lives are being transformed for the better as a result. While lifestyle fitness apps have been the popular entry point to consumers managing their own health digitally, uMotif [...]
The 10 skills employers desperately want to hire in 2016 (Spoiler: “teamwork” isn’t one of them) October 21, 2016 Think "teamwork" and "perfectionism" are enough to get you hired in 2016? Think again. LinkedIn has just released its list of this year's most in-demand skills, and there isn't a CV cliche among them. The list, which is taken from all the recruitment activity that's taken place on LinkedIn this year, ranks both technical and soft [...]
Weathering the Twitter storm at work October 21, 2016 In the time it takes to read this sentence, over 25,000 tweets will have been posted worldwide. Some of these will be interesting, some amusing and many forgettable, but it’s inevitable that some will be completely misjudged. In a personal context this may lead to social embarrassment, but in a work context the consequences can [...]
Unite to begin balloting Gatwick staff on strike action over closure of pensions scheme October 20, 2016 Unite has announced it will begin balloting 1,800 members for strike action next Friday over the closure of Gatwick’s final salary pension scheme. Surface transport workers, firefighters and security officers are to be balloted, following a 96 per cent vote in favour of doing so in a recent consultative ballot. It will close on 16 [...]
How technophobe wealth managers risk being left behind by rivals October 20, 2016 Technophobe wealth managers have been told to get with the times or face being left behind by rivals, a new report out today warns. Groups including Brewin Dolphin, Munnypot, Nucleus, SEI and Sesame Bankhall Group contributed to the MRM report, which warns that firms could lose assets and customers by not investing in digital. Read [...]
Decide the rules and then leave them alone for at least 10 years, the government is told October 20, 2016 The boss of a leading financial adviser has made a direct appeal to the government to "simplify and stabilise the UK savings system". Andy Bell, the chief executive of AJ Bell, wrote to both chancellor Philip Hammond and pensions minister Richard Harrington to urge them to set up a new independent pensions tax commission whose recommendations would be set [...]
Wealth manager Brooks Macdonald names new chief exec as assets under management rise 7.5 per cent October 20, 2016 Brooks Macdonald today named a new chief executive as the wealth management firm reported a seven per cent growth in assets under management (AUM). Caroline Connellan, HSBC’s head of UK premier and wealth, is set to join the company next April and will replace Chris Macdonald. Read more: Leeds wealth manager aims to take revenues [...]
Robots, AI and digital disruption are coming to the hedge fund industry October 20, 2016 The robots are coming. And the hedge fund industry appears to be accepting it. “There’s a very strong business case for replacing humans with algorithms in a lot of areas of the business,” said one respondent in a survey of more than 100 hedge fund leaders and executives. Some 58 per cent of those interviewed [...]
