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Advice PDMs, BDMs at inflection point: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... considering becoming an adviser or want a different role within their organisation. About 72% of managers help advisers recruit staff, provide strategic planning, succession planning, training and professional development, and business coaching. Only ...

Insight Investment Consultants rebrands

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... concise and outline key decision-making points for financial advisers; and the business is owned and managed by the local staff. Its research portal is user-friendly, and the firm is focused on quality of research rather than quantity, it added. The ...

TelstraSuper sweetens parental leave policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... fund is working to close the gender super gap among its employees, now paying the full-time Superannuation Guarantee to staff who return from parental leave on a part-time basis. As it stands, TelstraSuper offers 16 weeks' paid parental leave to all ...

ESSSuper welcomes strategy lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
ESSSuper, the fund for emergency services and Victorian government employees, has hired a former UniSuper staffer as head of strategy and insights. Rosalyn deVries is taking up a senior leadership position that will be pivotal in shaping the asset owner's ...

Advisers should have an AI plan: Netwealth

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... tools, which are consumed and then reused," Braun said, noting advisers need to think about how they're going to train staff to use these tools. Braun said it's also important that advisers to stay up to date with the latest technology. "It's ...

Iress reports $137m loss in 'challenging year'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... growth by implementing strategic measures in the second half of the year, including reducing its overall headcount to lower staff expenses. However, costs still rose by 6% compared to the previous year, driven by inflationary pressures on input costs ...

Risk, compliance staff in hot demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... financial crime and cybersecurity are among the key skill sets in demand. However, on the flip side, the firm did flag that staff attrition on risk and compliance teams is relatively high, not just because of the competition for talent. "... this seems ...

Janus Henderson makes two senior appointments

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... continued development into the head of retail research role shows our career pathways continue to provide opportunities for our staff," he said.

Commonwealth Bank slapped with $10.3m fine for wage theft

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... concern to all workers. What's worse is that once the details of this rip-off was raised with the bank, CBA lied to its staff and denied they were worse off," she said. "For Australia's richest bank, fines alone were not enough of a deterrent to stop ...

Investment Trends ranks top five platforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024
... Also noteworthy, investment platforms have notably increased their investment in education and support for advisers and staff in 2023, introducing a wealth of online and in-person resources to enhance user proficiency. In parallel, cybersecurity enhancements ...