La Trobe Financial is committed to gender equality

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La Trobe Financial’s President & CEO, Greg O’Neill said “we are determined to play a role in narrowing the gender gap. Diversity and inclusion is a critical business issue at... Read more continue reading

Advisers want more face time, less admin

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Key points 60% of Australian financial advisers want to spend more time with their clients 31% say maximising time with clients is the one thing that has most impact on... Read more continue reading

‘Culture starts at the top’ and should not be left solely to the HR department

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Recent call by the head of ASIC, Greg Medcraft, for boards and CEOs of financial institutions to take responsibility for, and be in charge of an organisation’s culture is a... Read more continue reading

Deborah Kent encouraging women in Financial Services with her new video series – Dare to Dream

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With over 30 years’ experience as a Financial Adviser, Deborah Kent of Integra Financial Services, has faced many challenges and disruptions to be where she is today at the top... Read more continue reading

The art of being present (without being a nuisance)

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Promoting our personal professional brand is essentially all about creating top-of-mind-awareness. Being the person that our target market thinks of, and then calls, when they recognise a need or desire... Read more continue reading

Addressing the D word – Part two

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A well designed recruitment strategy will provide you with all the tools you will need to ensure that you hire the best fit candidate for your business. It should also... Read more continue reading

“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

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

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

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