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Financial services firms eye machine learning

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... The deployment of machine learning will be a "huge area of development" over the next one to two years, particularly in cyber-security defence, Lane told a recent BAE Systems and Australian British Chamber of Commerce event. Australia's financial services ...

Cyber-security fears strike industry: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
Cyber-security has emerged as a major concern for finance, insurance and superannuation firms in the last six months, latest research from technology provider TAS suggests. About half (46%) of executives canvassed in the second edition of the Compliance ...

Cyber training is advice value-add: AUSTRAC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... intelligence and policy David Hawkins believes there are opportunities for financial advisers to value-add by providing cyber training services. Speaking at the AFA 2017 National Adviser Conference on the Gold Coast, Hawkins agreed with a point that ...

The 50 names you need to follow

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
Here they are - the 54 names you need to follow at the AFA 2017 National Adviser Conference. Yes there are more than 100 speakers over the next three days but if you cover off these 54 names above, then Financial Standard believes you're likely to collect ...

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... contact your client. On superannuation, the stats are disconcerting. 75% of Australian superannuation providers reported a cyber incident to executive management in 2016. Worse, 95% of Australians were targeted by a scammer in the past 12 months. Session ...

Who's afraid of North Korea? Not the South Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
Scary headlines over the prospect of an all-out war between North Korea and the United States (and its allies) continue to flood cyberspace. The latest of which is America's ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley's remark that Kim Jong-un is "begging ...

Fintech future lies in a winning ecosystem: Reinventure

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... own fintech niche to attract global customers. He cited the success of Israel's rapidly-expanding and globally dominant cyber security ecosystem, referred to by many as the 'epicentre' for security innovation. "Israel has developed a very strong reputation ...

Uniformity required to combat cyber threats

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
Greater collaboration between regulators across Asia-Pacific is needed to combat an increasing threat of cyber-attacks to financial services organisations. According to Deloitte, despite the frequency of global cyber-attacks increasing and becoming ...

Artificial intelligence provides adviser advantage

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
Artificial intelligence is reshaping wealth management and a digital infrastructure specialist believes financial advice practices will greatly benefit from implementing AI in the workplace. Dimension Data believes artificial intelligence is not just ...

Midwinter recruits to strengthen cyber security strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
Financial services technology provider Midwinter appointed a head of cyber security to assist in launching its new service providing cyber health checks to financial advisers and accountants. Joining from Commonwealth Bank, Edward Li will be responsible ...