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Mason Stevens bolsters distribution team

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... at Macquarie Group, while Kiendj was posted at Insignia Financial for over four years, most recently as relationship training manager. "The addition of Raymond and Sakaja further enriches our team's ability to serve clients as we continue to evolve ...

Fair Work ruling, ASIC put offshoring arrangements on notice

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... businesses. "They should be able to demonstrate commitment to safety by investing in firewalls, remote servers, compliance training, secure office space, and security certification," she said. The corporate regulator also has its sights on offshore outsourcing ...

Systemic issues impact 20k consumers: AFCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
... insurer has implemented measures of ensuring the back office is appropriately staffed; updated process documentation and training; additional communication and improved arrangements with the external mail-house provider; and increased quality assurance ...

Lack of talent challenging DDO compliance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... invest in staff development, Chisholm warns. "[Product issuers] don't have trained professionals and they're not cross training their internal teams, and if you don't do that then you don't broaden the pool of people with a cross-section of skills, so ...

Former Mercer Super chair named Actuary of the Year

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... the world," Swinhoe said. "Many people think actuaries limit themselves to analytical work, but the very nature of our training leads to strong judgment, development of human skills, and, usually, endeavouring to improve the lives of other people and ...

SMSFA, Deakin University launch courses for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... and seek a practical, succinct, and structured solution, he said. AccountantsIQ, which provides education, support, and training to financial professionals, offered Cram 4 Exam programs to help practitioners pass the adviser exam or FASEA exam as it ...

Wages grow 0.7% in June quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
... large proportion of public employees such as healthcare and social assistance, up 5% year on year, while education and training or utilities grew by 4.3% annually. Workers in the financial services and insurance sectors saw a 3.6% annual wage increase. ...

Financial services experiencing 'workforce transformation'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... seeking out opportunities to further develop these competencies," the whitepaper said. "Despite proactively seeking out training opportunities in their technical skills, the biggest area of development is in soft skills and emotional intelligence." In ...

Vision Super closes property, infrastructure options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
... before the end of the year." "When we return in the new year, we can then focus on business readiness activities like training so every team can be operational and servicing members and employers from day one as a merged fund," he said. He added that ...

ANZ staff axed over treasury bond scandal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
... significantly enhancing our governance process around this data, including building a separate validation tool and increasing training for relevant staff. We had already strengthened our breach reporting process through system improvements."