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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 ...

Nothing to fear from robo-advice: Magellan

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... investment officer Hamish Douglass believes financial advisers should not fear robo-advice in an era where artificial intelligence and big data can dominate discussion. Speaking at Magellan's financial adviser national roadshow recently, Douglass said ...

The rise and impact of insurtech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... "Insurtech is set to transform the Asia insurance industry. Connected devices, advanced data analytics, artificial intelligence, and digital distribution channels should result in accelerated market penetration, more accurate risk assessment and pricing ...

More clarity needed in key person risk management: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... value and growth has never been so dependent on effective management of its people, with disruptors like artificial intelligence reshaping the modern business environment. The paper aims to highlight the gap in knowledge of long-term investors and provide ...

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 ...

Insurers require urgent start-up collaborations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... they want to buy product and services. Brenton Charnley, the chief commercial officer at Flamingo - an artificial intelligence start-up providing virtual customer assistants in the insurance sector - said incumbents and start-ups need to rethink collaboration ...

FinaMetrica merges with global software provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... scaled advice platform from DIY to adviser-driven. It is also exploring the opportunities in big-data and artificial intelligence as a means of strandardising and automating the Know Your Client process. The merger will see all PlanPlus and FinaMetrica ...

Wealth begins its blockchain reaction

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... billion to its corporate and institutional banking division and this includes building out blockchain, artificial intelligence and big data capabilities. The ASX approach to replacing CHESS using blockchain technology has been a collaborative knowledge-based ...

Industry fund makes tech play to combat unpaid super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
... executive Ian Silk told the audience at a Reuters Newsmaker event last week that the next five years will see artificial intelligence come into play. "About five years ago when we were talking about technological impact we were thinking about smarter ...

Insurtech is coming and could make insurance obsolete: PwC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... blog published yesterday, digital experience centre lead partner Nick Spooner highlighted the rise of artificial intelligence, peer-to-peer cover, on-demand insurance and blockchain, noting that collectively insurtech will have a transformative effect ...