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Managed accounts forum to address vertical integration, best practice

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
Leading managed account providers and financial planning groups will take centre stage at the annual Financial Standard Managed Accounts Forum to be held in Melbourne next month. More than 160 financial advisers and managed account specialists have ...

Aberdeen Standard launches AI-powered global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
Aberdeen Standard Investments launched a new fund that uses active quantitative strategies powered by machine learning to identify sources of potential returns. Launched in Luxembourg, the Aberdeen Global (AG) Artificial Intelligence Global Equity SICAV ...

Charter Hall acquires $1.6bn property fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... court and shareholder approvals. On the investment front, Folkestone will allow Charter Hall to diversify into early learning sector and social infrastructure investments. "Early learning is a growth sector underpinned by population growth, increasing ...

CFA adds AI and fintech to curriculum

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
The CFA Institute is introducing artificial intelligence, fintech and machine learning to its curriculum as of next year. The Institute updated its subject areas in an effort to arm candidates with the skills and knowledge needed for success in the ...

Raiz beefs up security with AI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... "bank-level" security offering. According to a release, Versive offers a security engine built on a proprietary machine-learning platform which will allow Raiz to identify subtle patterns across the platform, pointing to potential threats earlier. The ...

SuperConcepts searches for new CTO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... place and "hitting the exact areas we had weaknesses before." Using Progress Sitefinity, and with the help of machine-learning, customers will have a more responsive web experience. Progress' Telerik software will also allow members to rapidly create ...

FASEA bumps adviser CPD to 50 hours

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... Australian qualification. From there, new advisers with NOOSR-approved qualifications will be entitled to recognition of prior learning but will also be required to complete an approved postgraduate course. Existing advisers with NOOSR-approved degrees ...

FASEA releases professional year guidance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... be required to complete from 1 January 2019. FASEA proposes the professional year be designed to ensure the practical learning of four core technical competencies that new advisers - to be known as provisional relevant providers (PRPs) - have learned ...

AMP dumps Horizons program

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... first year. "We're seeing growing demand for financial advice from Australians so we're strengthening and improving our learning and development proposition," AMP head of advice education, capability and careers Rod Edge said. He added that advisers ...

FASEA-induced exodus increasingly likely

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... Australia prior to 1998. The SMSF Association has also called upon FASEA to provide greater clarity around how prior learning will be accounted for under the new standards. In its submission, the SMSFA said advisers who have made every effort to be educated ...