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Strategy Steps sold to knowIT

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... business opportunities in client reviews. Chief executive of knowIT Wayne Wilson said the company had reviewed a number of e-learning and online management systems for financial advisers before deciding to acquire Strategy Steps. "There is no other product ...

CBA uses virtual reality to revitalise financial education

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... also know Australia's National Financial Literacy Strategy details the importance of parents' involvement in children's learning about money from an early age, with research indicating that most children form money habits by the time they are seven years ...

Top tips to kill your advice business

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... create a skilled adviser: "If you didn't want to kill your business, you would perhaps think about making yourself a learning organisation, making training programs as important as the strategies that you design for your clients." Viewing staff as an ...

Advisers urged to meet challenges together

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... that continue to present," she said. "The AFA has a unique culture and our conference has always been about peer-to-peer learning, networking and sharing ideas. What I love most is the open collaboration to help each other with the fresh one percenters ...

Machine learning to revolutionise investing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Financial advisers are increasingly recognising the benefits of machine learning for investors, according to Man AHL. Encouraged by the rise of big data and evolving technologies, Man says the artificial intelligence solution is developing into a powerful ...

Netwealth enters fintech partnership

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... smart companies to assist advisers and their clients make the most of their super and investments." TipRanks uses machine learning and natural language processing algorithms to measure the performance of sources giving online investment advice for shares ...

Prime subsidiary acquires accounting firm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... clients to flourish. The group will benefit from the diverse but complementary operating styles, and we look forward to learning from each other."

Retiree expenditure remains modest: study

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... fairness of super tax concessions, super's objective and what is considered to be an 'adequate' income in retirement. "Learning more about what retirees actually spend compared to their income will help us make evidence-based decisions about adequacy ...

ESSSuper appoints new CFO

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... background in many sectors. Pelka is a non-executive director of the Australian World Orchestra, chair of the River Nile Learning Centre (providing a safe learning environment for women and their children seeking asylum) and is an adviser to the fintech ...

PROFILE: Qantas Super chief executive Michael Clancy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... members to be confident about their financial future so they can enjoy their retirement. It is very much aligned with the learning I've had through my career about what superannuation ought to be doing." After about four years working as an accountant ...