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Not one trustee tracked end-to-end claims handling times: ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... improved monitoring and reporting on claims handling timeframes, streamlined processes and procedures, better guidance and training for staff, removing barriers for First Nations members and claimants, and more support for members.

New gig for JP Morgan's AI guru

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... markets insights. Before joining JP Morgan, he worked for seven years with MSCI/Barra where he provided risk analysis, training and technical support to clients on equity and fixed-income portfolio construction as well as risk and performance attribu ...

Government makes record commitment to Medicare

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... expected to be delivered by nurse practitioners. The investment will also fund the establishment of eight new Centres of Training Excellence to deliver said services. Commenting, Chalmers described women's health as a "national priority". "This funding ...

New impact fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... employees to address gender discrimination and adopt inclusive policies and practices. Notably, the first fund supported training for almost 3000 financial staff in gender inclusion. Good Return also collaborates with partners to help entrepreneurs manage ...

Ord Minnett poaches Perpetual advisers amid hiring spree

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... Morris, meanwhile, said that while the firm is growing through established adviser recruitment, it remains committed to training the next generation of advisers via its Associate Adviser Program and Graduate Program, which are "in high demand." Now in ...

ASIC slaps FIIG Securities with lawsuit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... monitored firewalls in place; failed to update and patch software and operating systems; and failed to provide mandatory training to staff on cybersecurity awareness. ASIC chair Joe Longo said the matter should serve as a wake-up call to all companies. ...

Industry fund insurance bungle adds fuel to mounting outrage

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... smooth as possible, rather than making them jump through hoops and showing zero compassion. A lot of work and additional training has to be done in this area," he said. A Rest spokesperson told Financial Standard that the fund is committed to handling ...

Finance workers worry about job displacement from AI, government urged to take action

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... potential job displacements. The Future of Work report, released by the House Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training last month, made 21 recommendations to help the government get on top of the fast-evolving state of AI and how it is ...

Australian economy on the up in 2025: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... business investment. "On the other hand, the non-market sector - comprising health care and social assistance, education and training, and public administration and safety - is expanding at a faster pace than the market sector, which shifts employment ...

Sanlam Private Wealth breaches licensee obligations, hit with enforceable undertaking

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025
... products that posed great risks to retail clients. The corporate watchdog also identified that Sanlam failed to implement a training program to assess representatives' skills. ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said with the vast scale of its diverse ...