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Advice industry must think bigger: Netwealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... that was put in place three, four, five years ago," Heine said. Respondents didn't consider blockchain, artificial intelligence or Know Your Customer (KYC) technologies to be gamechangers, despite the world's biggest companies already using them to great ...

Social media boosting super fund engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... the short-term, funds continue to explore digital tools, including technologies such as chat-bots and artificial intelligence, but there is a realisation that technology for its own sake is not the goal." Given the limited resources, only those technologies ...

The age of algorithmic advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... social and real-time financial context and feed it into the technology. Pefin, touted as the world's first artificial intelligence adviser, estimates human beings over a lifespan have between five to eight million data points based on every decision ...

Aussie fintech usage surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... currencies, big data and analytics, and social and B2B networks. Fintech Hyper Anna for example, is an artificial intelligence system that answers simple business queries via data analysis. Another is Coinbase, a bitcoin wallet and platform where merchants ...

Advisers divided on mixing advice: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... officer Hamish Douglass told advisers recently there is nothing to fear about robo-advice in the age of artificial intelligence. "I'd argue that if you think of your business as a model where you are really there as a counsellor and consultant to something ...

NAB to simplify operations via job cuts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... the 2000 new roles will involve different capabilities to support the strategy such as data scientists, artificial intelligence, robotics and automation. "This will result in a net reduction in staff currently targeted at approximately 4000 by the end ...

Fintech regulatory sandbox draft legislation released

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... than 160 financial institutions in 36 countries, including four of Australia's largest banks, showed that artificial intelligence, blockchain and the Internet of Things are redefining the nature of financial services. Every Australian respondent already ...

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... innovative technology. Riddell says that financial advisers need to think of AI as augmented intelligence, not artificial intelligence. He also said that bitcoin can potentially help solve the crisis of trust in finance, thanks to the more transparent ...

Less than half pass CFA exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... (5%), derivatives and real estate (equal 4%). The CFA Institute recently announced it will incorporate artificial intelligence, fintech and robo-advice in its examinations.

Financial services employees want digital strategy input: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... sector is embracing new technologies such as cloud computing, machine learning, predictive analytics and artificial intelligence; rethinking strategies, and seeking to personalise and enhance customer experience while identifying efficiencies across ...