FinTech changing the landscape
The emerging world of financial technology, or fintech is having an impact on everything from the way new products are funded through to the culture and practices of major banks and financial institutions.
Robo-advice's push into financial planning
Financial advice as a profession has not had a good decade, as the receding of the GFC wave in Australia ushered in the Ripoll Report into the financial services industry and the Future of Financial Advice reforms – and a root-and-branch restructuring of the regulatory oversight, remuneration and professional standards of the profession of financial advice.
The economic benefits behind diversity
The diversity dividend, addressing the gap in retirement savings between men and women serving as role models, and using their unique communication skills with clients during economic uncertainty are just some of the reasons women should seek a career in banking and finance.
Innovation to shape customer behaviour
No industry is immune from the wave of technological disruption flooding across the business world, and certainly not the finance industry. That is because it has the main attributes needed for disruption to flourish: large amounts of money, and a significant amount of customer friction.
