FINSIA podcasts

One of the world’s leading architect’s of the professionalisation of the banking industry is in conversation with FINSIA for our latest podcast.

Chartered Banker Institute managing director Giles Cuthbert - whose professional standards courses have been sat by hundreds of thousands of people in the UK and around the globe - sits down with our chief executive Chris Whitehead for a frank discussion about what needs to be done to address the trust deficit.

Giles, who was in Australia to help FINSIA launch the country’s first ever professional banking qualification Professional Banking Fundamentals believes trust in the industry can be restored more quickly, but adds: “We need to start qualifying people.” 

Our podcast withGiles Cuthbert, Managing Director Chartered Banker Institute, where we discuss Professionalism, Professional Qualifications, the Royal Commission and the UK experience.

Culture is king

Do you know who the 'culture carriers' are in your organisation?

A 'culture carrier' is an individual who is both deeply involved in the fabric of your organisation and an influencer within your workforce. When a challenge occurs in the workplace, you don’t go to the organisational chart you go to the people you like and trust. 70 percent of influence is through likeability. If you are able to identify who these influencers are then you can develop strategies to ensure they are a positive change agent and they align to your organisation's identified values.

In this podcast, Harry Toukalas, Group Managing Partner, Blackhall & Pearl discusses how AI tools are analysing social media and other information sources to identify behaviours and patterns to enable better decision making.

In this podcast, John Watters, Co-founder and CEO of Informed Position discusses the AI assets his company has developed to provide extremely high accuracy price and point position predictions for use in automated trading platforms.

Simon Culhane, Chartered FCSI - Chief Executive

Simon was appointed Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment in May 2004, having previously worked both with a number of blue chip financial companies and in Central Government. His previous role was at Deutsche Bank, where he worked as Director, Chairman's Office, Global Investment Banking.

For three years prior to this Simon was Deputy Director, Prime Minister's Efficiency Unit, Cabinet Office, where he was responsible for the Unit's work in a number of major Government Departments.

Simon spent his early career with Lloyds Bank plc in a number of roles including Senior Group Manager, Retail Banking for the Kensington area and in Chicago, USA.

A Chartered Fellow of the CISI and Member of the Institute of Financial Services, he was educated at St Paul's School, London and the University of Surrey. He is married with four children and his interests include sailing and supporting AFC Wimbledon.

Simon's interview in FINSIA's InFinance online publication.

Simon's indepth profile in FINSIA's The Standard.

In November, FINSIA held the second instalment of our signature event series, Future of Finance, featuring keynote speaker Caitlin Iles, Partner at Capital xx and other various industry figures.

Described by Sir Richard Branson as "a game-changer and force to be reckoned with", Caitlin is an experienced venture capitalist, angel investor, advisor (to enterprise and startups), serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker, dyslexic and passionate change maker driving for diversity and equality within the new economy.

In this podcast, facilitated by Ben Hamilton, Caitlin discusses her experience in the venture capital space, women’s role as the biggest disrupter in the new economy, how to tap into this great commercial opportunity, ‘portfolio careers’, the value mentoring, the fourth industrial revolution and the role digital plays in how connected and disconnected society has become.

If you would like to contribute to future podcasts, please email us.

New research results into risk culture across the financial services sector, based on a Macquarie University experimental study that is a first of its kind ever to be conducted with over 300 financial services executives. This study of risk management behaviour focused on compliance with risk policy – the minimum standard currently required of finance professionals.

Access the research findings here.

In July 2017, FINSIA delivered  a national roundtable series for senior members on Crowd Sourced Equity Funding (CSEF) with Will Leitch, CEO of Australian Small Scale Offerings Board (ASSOB). ASSOB is the world’s first CSEF platform.

The topic of discussion was on the evolution and disruptive capacity of CSEF.

By member feedback, we have produced a podcast episode that delves into:

• What is CSEF;

For our upcoming events, visit: http://www.finsia.com/events