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TAA urges active recruitment for industry sustainability

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
The Advisers Association (TAA) is urging the industry to proactively attract more entrants to the profession, starting by working closely with universities and education providers. TAA chief executive Neil Macdonald said advisers should think laterally ...

Invest Blue trials nine-day fortnight for advisers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
... are able to consistently deliver excellent advice and service to our clients," she said. "A critical element of our recruitment strategy is to ensure we remain a great place to work and initiatives like the nine-day fortnight demonstrate our commitment ...

Gender balance is smart economics: CEW

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... sector where not enough women are being supported to get into the industry," she said. To fix this, Frontier has a recruitment and graduate program that purposely de-identifies CVs and ensures equal representation of male and female candidates at the ...

The traditional CFO is no more: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
... competitive advantage (44%), financial forecasting (42%), and business-wide trend forecasting (41%). When it comes to recruitment, finance teams are now prioritising technology skills over financial experience. Nearly 40% of chief financial officers ...

Platinum Asset Management adds stewardship lead

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2023
... need for ASX-listed boards and directors to "quickly evolve" to include ESG expertise and boards need to broaden the recruitment process to gain access to a wider pool of director talent. Melior has evolved its proxy voting principles and in 2022 increased ...

ESG lead salaries hit $350k: Recruiter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... for heads of ESG have seen a double-digit increase over the past 12 months, according to ESG executive search and recruitment specialist Talent Nation. Talent Nation has released its annual environment and sustainability remuneration report, which found ...

APRA restructures, appoints new executive directors

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... APRA promoted Therese McCarthy Hockey and Suzanne Smith to the role of member. Since, the regulator has carried out a recruitment process to fill the executive director positions they vacated. While doing so, APRA members reviewed the organisational ...

Adviser salaries to jump in 2023: Experts

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2023
... shrinking pool of financial advisers but 2023 could be a lucrative year for those left in the game. According to Kaizen Recruitment, adviser salary guides have increased year on year by around 16%. "A senior adviser with a minimum of five years' ...

Prime Super appoints new board directors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2023
... the years ahead as we manage the hard-earned retirement savings of more than 135,000 members from the agriculture, recruitment, healthcare, aged care, education and other industries," Alexander said. "It's an exciting time to join Prime Super and the ...

Gender diversity in investment management slightly improving: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... members are women, up marginally from 17% five years ago. "Achieving improved diversity may require innovation in recruitment practices, especially given the current tight labour market," McLaughlin said. "Heightened awareness of biases in advertising ...