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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 ...

HESTA appoints quant general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... big data innovations," she said. "He will help us to leverage large and varied data sets, use econometric and machine learning techniques that will support us to continue delivering strong investment returns for members in the future." Prior to joining ...

Wealth fintech strengthens leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... The relationship is set to see the two firms combine to build advice solutions, with artificial intelligence, machine learning and data analytics at the core of the partnership, according to Ignition.

FASEA must recognise all prior learning: FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
A survey of the Financial Planning Association of Australia's membership found 78% of those which have completed its CFP designation believe they already hold the necessary skills to comply with proposed adviser education reforms. The survey, which ...

Trade-off needed on existing adviser standards: Fox

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... everyone, but industry evolution never does. It will however satisfy many that have demonstrated a continued commitment to learning. I feel for those that have years of CPD as their proof of ongoing learning, but unfortunately relying on CPD is unlikely ...

Wealth fintech partners with Milliman

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... financial advice solutions. The two have started work on building advice solutions, with artificial intelligence, machine learning and data analytics at the heart of the development, the fintech said. Ignition Wealth chief executive Manish Prasad said ...