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Ex-Macquarie division head takes new role

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... and leadership skills will ensure that trend continues. "In conjunction with other recent initiatives to strengthen the human resources within Insurance House, I believe Jay's appointment will be welcomed by staff and our valued clients. He brings great ...

ESG becoming essential to insto alternative investment

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... believed their stakeholders had ESG concerns. According to the report, the most common cited ESG issues were climate change, human rights abuses, child labour, controversial weapons (defined as "cluster bombs, landmines, depleted uranium, and chemical ...

US fiduciary reforms will rock pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... (accumulation) plans. "If those conversations can't happen, that's a lot of people who are going to be knocking on the door of HR [human resources]," she said. SIFMA has cautioned that the inhibiting impact such a rule introduction has had on the UK ...

First Super appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... Industry Skills Council. She will focus on issues such as governance and business administration, education and training and human resources management. "Julie's appointment will strengthen First Super... Julie has extensive experience working in the ...

ASIC imposes conditions on Guardian Advice

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015
... to meet its record-keeping obligations, adequately respond to breaches by its representatives or have in place adequate human and technological resources. As a result, ASIC has ongoing inquiries and, where inappropriate advice was provided, will consider ...

Beddoes creates 10 Minute Business Planner

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... beyond. The four pillars are strategy and business management, marketing and clients, Infrastructure and operations and human resources. The 10 Minute Business Planner will provide an interactive business checklist, a business plan scored and prioritised ...

Robots will take over white collar jobs first

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... term, as the price of capital falls relative to the price of labour." But it added that "the comparative advantages of being human-the ability to solve problems intuitively, improvise spontaneously and act creatively-allow us to adapt to changing labour ...

Murray takes aim at industry culture

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... ordinary people for asking, 'Can I trust this system, can I trust this institution?'" In improving systems, Murray said "human systems" are far more important than technical systems. "We put enormous effort every day to ensure that machines, which don't ...

Next super revolution must tackle retirement: Vilgan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... areas for learning in my career has been in behavioural finance. We aren't dealing with economic beings, we are dealing with human beings. "Members actually fear losses far more than they desire upside. We've had falling cash rates, and these falling ...

ISA proposes new restrictions on retail super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... amongst the Australian workforce is in part the reason why we have compulsory superannuation. It is a reflection of logical human behaviour - people tend to discount the future, focusing instead on more immediate financial objectives." But the banks ...