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Royal Commission puts bonuses on notice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... by Deloitte, the Insurance Council of Australia, the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance, and FINSIA.

APRA will rethink how it assesses risk: Byres

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... will appropriately be done through our submissions and evidence to the Commission itself," Byres said in his speech at the FINSIA Summit in Sydney this morning. Byres also wondered out aloud about APRA's approach to risk. "Consistent with prudential ...

FASEA-induced exodus increasingly likely

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... AQF 9 level. This is higher than the minimum AQF 7 level required under the draft guidelines. The survey found 18.6% of FINSIA members intend to leave the industry if existing qualifications are not recognised, while a further 34.7% remain unsure. Advisers ...

Global banking ethics standard coming to Australia

HARRISON WORLEY  |  SATURDAY, 26 MAY 2018
... Global Banking Education Standards Board (GBEStB), and will be supported by the Financial Services Institute of Australia (FINSIA). As a GBEStB member body, FINSIA is expected to implement the seven key recommendations of the standard in Australia. Key ...

Why wait for Royal Commission to address trust?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... Commission findings and are more concerned about professional standards. The Financial Services Institute of Australasia's (FINSIA) latest research highlighted consumers' lack of confidence in the professionalism of the financial services industry. It ...

Suncorp appoints director

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... moving to Aviva in 2008. Falzon has a bachelor of business and a master of industrial relations. Falzon is also a senior FINSIA fellow, where she has previously lectured, and a member of the Women's Leadership Institute Australia. She is currently a ...

ABA makes new code compulsory

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... customers' trust and faces the scrutiny of a Royal Commission. Last week, Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) called for one industry-wide code to restore professionalism among its members as a way of winning back customer trust. About ...

Adviser education renews ethics focus

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... wealth, investment and financial planning professionals must pass an integrity test to become members. CISI, together with FINSIA, recently launched Ethics and Integrity from the Inside Out, an interactive two-hour simulation-based seminar that's part ...

Fatigue and profit-based incentives driving risk culture

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... greater automation of processes could be to blame for heightened risk culture in the financial services sector, according to FINSIA. The industry body's analyses of a study conducted by Macquarie University shows employees are less able to resist temptation ...

FINSIA expands professional network

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... strategy for the finance professionals' network. Traditionally focused on the banking and institutional finance sectors, FINSIA said its expansion will assist the organisation's role as an industry connector. As part of this development, FINSIA has formed ...