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Financial Standard launches FS Aspire CPD

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... Professional Development program for financial services professionals. FS Aspire CPD offers hundreds of CPD hours of technical content to financial advice, superannuation, investment management and insurance professionals. It also offers access to technical ...

Super fintech chief steps back

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... today, Robin Beauchamp will vacate the role of chief executive at InPayTech. Beauchamp will take on the role of chief technical officer, under his current contract terms, while the InPayTech board searches for a suitable chief executive. The company ...

Harder for insurers to dodge claims

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
Insurers will find it tougher to dodge paying out claims if the Royal Commission's recommendation to amend insurance law is enacted. At the round six hearings of the Royal Commission, it was revealed that CommInsure used outdated medical definitions ...

Hiring outlook subdued: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
Despite numerous job indices recording a rosy hiring outlook in 2019, Financial Standard's latest poll shows readership optimism is more subdued. Half of the financial services firms surveyed plan to decrease headcount this year. About a third (30%) ...

Chief economist update: La vita is no longer e bella

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... may not be in the mood for "amore", not when their economy - the third biggest in the Eurozone - is officially in a technical recession. La vita is no longer e bella! Italian GDP contracted by 0.2% in the December 2018 after shrinking by 0.1% in the ...

Vanguard appoints Australian exec

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... lead international systems. She will report directly to Vanguard Australia managing director Frank Kolimago. "Kim's technical and leadership expertise will be a valuable addition to Vanguard Australia as we continue to invest in the technology and infrastructure ...

Advice jobs are coming: Recruiter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... longer interested in candidates who seek rapid career progression. Those with a long-term history in administration or technical roles are instead sought so that advisers can focus on compliance and servicing their current client base," the report sa ...

IRESS lead moves to Chi-X

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... appointment was a strategic move given the firm's various innovations and developments in the pipeline." "Adrian's technical knowledge of financial services product development and experience in driving product awareness makes him a valuable ...

FASEA releases professional year standard

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... from 2019. The standards authority confirmed the professional year plan would be required to develop competencies in technical competence, client care and practice and regulatory compliance and consumer protection. FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield ...

FASEA finalises adviser CPD standard

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... professional reading permitted as CPD. Advisers will be required to complete at least five hours of study in three categories: technical, client care and practice, and regulatory compliance and consumer protection. Professionalism and ethics are set ...