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Advisers require entrepreneurial hat

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... client attraction and human resources to the overall business strategy. "Part of what helped me do that was a leadership training program I invested - both time and money - and a chief executive forum that was offered through our licensee [which were] ...

Mercer assists super fund members experiencing domestic violence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... 6000 calls from customers seeking financial hardship claims. This has led Mercer to provide staff with education and training in supporting vulnerable customers, ultimately developing a best practice framework for super funds' customer-facing staff. ...

Gender pay gap widespread in financial services: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... placing sixth across different industries. It fell way behind health care and social assistance, and the education and training sectors, which have a larger proportion of women in managerial roles of 70.3% and 51.2% respectively. Overall the representation ...

AMP adds LIF resources as deadline looms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... environment," Johnson said. In addition to the LIF resource hub AMP has provided further licensee support including webinar training, master classes and specialist training for practice staff. Preliminary results from a current Financial Standard opinion ...

ASIC remains firm on IFA definitions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... January 2019 for new advisers, while existing advisers have until at least 1 January 2021 to satisfy the first of their training requirements. The regulator has also made minor changes to RG 175 to reflect the changes that will be made to RG 90. ASIC ...

Planners divided on mental health advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... growing across Australia and the financial services industry is responding. AMP recently refreshed its mental health training program for financial advisers and the content now exceeds the minimum standards set by the Financial Services Council's Life ...

NAB hastily recruits after announcing job cuts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... provide the level of support workers need. "The FSU has negotiated industry leading job security provisions including training and development and NAB must honour the agreement by providing real assistance to the people impacted by these changes while ...

For Stanford Brown, life begins at 30

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... shareholder. Stanford Brown plans to train more staff and, like law firms and the likes of KPMG, has launched a graduate training program last year. This year's intake is six - three young men and three young women. Attracting new staff shouldn't be ...

Cyber-security fears strike industry: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... about the compliance and regulatory frameworks they work within. Companies are investing more in internal compliance training to upskill their team and build better compliance capabilities in the long term," he said. Julian Fenwick, managing director ...

FPA supports disadvantaged youths

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... disadvantaged Australians. This year alone, the Future2 Foundation has funded projects in financial literacy, skills training, work experience, community service and mentoring for 18 to 25-year-olds who may be financially disadvantaged, homeless or disabled. ...