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AI can improve super fund value chain: CFA Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
... Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) using structured market data, and the calculated output is stored in Amazon's S3 cloud. Training takes approximately 24-48 hours, after which new data are fed into the model daily, and the same parameters are used to produce ...

Three universities ditch financial planning courses

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
... said. "Specialist degrees in financial planning are now offered at many universities, providing focused and practical training for the industry. Alternatively, students can pursue more traditional finance or business-related degrees as a platform to ...

Engage Financial launches practice management firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... Practice Management will provide support through leadership coaching in EOS Implementation, sales enablement frameworks, training, and specialised contract chief executive and general manager/practice manager development services. Engage Financial said ...

More work to do on reportable situations compliance, ASIC says

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... on staff members to identify and report situations, but some did not adequately train staff on how to do so. For some, training was only provided as part of an employee's induction, if at all, the regulator noted. It also observed indications that complaints-handling ...

Treasury gives Tranche 2 reform package preview

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... professional financial advisers of the future. Since the banks and other institutions exited financial advice, those traditional training grounds have been lost," Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) chief executive Sarah Abood said. "With our ...

Cbus lacks stringent director, expenditure policies: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... can rate themselves as 'expert' in Investment Risk Management by attending Investment Committee meetings and training over a 24-month period. There are also instances where the guidance provided allows directors to provide a rating based on experience ...

Geopolitical tensions create investor opportunity: Franklin Templeton

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... II," Catechis said. "This shock has driven a rapid acceleration in defense investment, from modernising equipment and training to recalibrating supply chains and boosting domestic industrial production capacity." Catechis said the Russian war on Ukraine ...

Self-regulation on the cards: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... to determine our standards, and we believe that we are now ready and most qualified to take control of education and training, code of ethics, and disciplinary regime," he told the annual FAAA Congress held in Brisbane. "We are a profession. We should ...

Performance the best member retention tool: Mine Super

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
... has been coming through the last 10 years, and with CPS 230 the regulators are now landing the plane in relation to the training standards around how we manage these pension funds," Nair said. Historically, a fund only needs to demonstrate that a process ...

Work-related training boosts pay and productivity: CEDA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
Work-related training is declining in Australia, despite it bringing higher incomes for workers and increased productivity for employers, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has found. CEDA analysis of HILDA data shows workers' ...