It was over 30 years ago when Apple released the first Mac. Over that time, Silicon Valley has been the epicenter of technology advancement for the world. That's why the Netwealth group chose this location for their study tour.

Over 50 financial advisers joined the tour which began in the financial district of San Francisco and ended in Silicon Valley with tours of the LinkedIn, Franklin Templeton and Palo Alto Networks headquarters. Over 20 different presenters, from start-ups to world leading organisations, shared their stories on topics including robo-advice, artificial intelligence, big data, cyber-crime and more.

This is Financial Standard's video interview with study tour presenter David Itzkovits.

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