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CBA responds to systemic advice failures

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... business transformation, we have made significant improvements, including to our systems, processes, supervision and training. "In addition, following the Future of Financial Advice reforms, customers also receive annual fee disclosure statements and ...

CBA reinforces gender equality through financial education

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... control and responsibility of money in the pathways workshops Ensure all Start Smart workshop facilitators participate in training and professional development of gender equality and violence against women and children Our Watch chief executive Mary ...

Global investment redrawn by technology

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... management; to consider stocks within a global context; and revamping the concept of valuation. "I'm an accountant by training, and I can say that most of our accounting standards haven't kept pace with technological changes," he conceded. "We spend ...

Gender inequality still the elephant in the room

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... where the pain points are and develop specific remediation strategies to foster accountability, inclusive leadership training and sponsorship of high performing talent. "What I tend to see happen is a much more blanket view of here's our problem at an ...

Top tips to kill your advice business

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... you didn't want to kill your business, you would perhaps think about making yourself a learning organisation, making training programs as important as the strategies that you design for your clients." Viewing staff as an "expense" and becoming annoyed ...

ANZ blames tech and training for bank mishaps

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... assertion that ANZ has a distinctly 'blokey culture', after Elliott admitted he was unsure as to whether executive level training in unconscious bias had been carried down to the branch-level; particularly in relation to female customers. Julia asked ...

First Super names new co-chair

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... is also a director of Skills Impact, and has been a director of the Australian Forest Products Association and Timber Training Creswick. "Lisa's appointment is another step forward for women in finance and the forestry industries," First Super chief ...

Westpac alters incentive structure

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... themselves to blame for that." As part of Westpac's move to improve trust, all financial advisers will undergo ethics training and Hartzer said the firm will incorporate principles of the banking oath into its code of conduct for all employees. "We are ...

Chinese demand requires improved industry practices

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... account for: 42 to 47% of Australia's healthcare and social assistance export market; 36 to 41% of the educational and training export market; 30 to 35% of the accommodation and food services export market; 16 to 19% of the financial and insurance services ...

ASIC cancels AFSL, bans responsible managers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
ASIC recently cancelled the Australian financial services licence of Brisbane-based education and training business, The Sharemarket College. ASIC said the Sharemarket College failed to comply with a number of its obligations as a financial services ...