“Coming up short” Risk management in the Australian Boardroom

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A major review into corporate governance practice has revealed many boards of ASX listed companies are still in the dark regarding their disclosure obligations in regard to environmental, social and... Read more continue reading
03 Jun 2016

Diversity among ASX companies improving but at slow pace

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Just over a quarter (26%) of the Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) of Australia’s top 200 companies are female, according to new research by KPMG Australia for the ASX Education and Research Program. The... Read more continue reading
26 May 2016

Addressing the ‘D’ word – Part one

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Recruiting the best fit employees for your business brings with it a multitude of challenges at each stage of the recruitment process. Discrimination is one of those challenges and is... Read more continue reading
25 May 2016

Financial advice industry responds to Recommendation 25

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Do advisers really need a tertiary compliance degree? The nationwide Certainty Advice Group has responded to Treasurer Morrison’s proposal for more stringent compliance accreditations. In his recent blog post, Certainty... Read more continue reading
25 May 2016

New industry standards body: Design it well to ensure adviser education and consumers come first

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“The Government’s proposed education and ethical standards body for financial advisers must be designed well to ensure adviser education and consumers come first”, says MD of Mentor Education, Dr Mark... Read more continue reading
17 May 2016

Designating contracts

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Most contracts contain indemnity clauses that require one party to indemnify the other if things go wrong. Where there’s an imbalance of negotiating power, these clauses are often quite unfair... Read more continue reading
04 May 2016

Using social media to recruit new employees

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Employers are increasingly using social media to source candidates with LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter positioning them as an integral part of recruitment programs. Even those employers with extensive networks will... Read more continue reading
27 Apr 2016

You are probably closer to being “An Authority” than you realise

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If you have bought into the key concept of providing good quality content, or information, to prospects in order to engage them until they are ready to use your services, the... Read more continue reading
26 Apr 2016

Licence now – or in 2019

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With less than a month until ASIC’s soft licensing deadline, only 276 limited licence applications have been submitted and only 31% of these have been granted. Some accountants are waiting... Read more continue reading
26 Apr 2016

Conflicted remuneration

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Remuneration for life risk insurance is exempt from the ban on conflicted remuneration – but not for much longer. An established link between high levels of upfront commissions and poor... Read more continue reading
19 Apr 2016