CORE SERVICES

We can assist you in further developing your governance, risk management, compliance and strategic decision making frameworks. The breadth of our service offering is set out below. 

GOVERNANCE

• Board training programs

• Board / Committee performance assessments

• Governance, delegation and conflicts frameworks

• Independent triennial reviews of conflicts management

• Remuneration and accountability frameworks

• Independent director services

• External compliance committee member services

• Independent assessments of governance, accountability and culture standards

ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT

• Outsourced Chief Risk Officer (CRO) and Risk Manager services

• Risk appetite statements and tolerance limits

• Risk culture frameworks and independent diagnostics

• Conduct risk management frameworks

• Risk assessment, aggregation and connectivity

• Risk identification and assessment workshops

• Selection, specification and population of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) systems

• Enterprise risk training programs

• Independent triennial reviews of risk management frameworks

FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

• Insurance / reinsurance strategies, policies and procedures

• Investment management frameworks

• Independent triennial reviews of insurance management and investment governance

• Investment manager operational due diligence reviews

• Credit risk, market risk and interest rate risk management frameworks

• Capital management frameworks

• Independent triennial reviews of internal capital adequacy assessment processes

• Credit rating advisory services

OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT

• Operational risk management frameworks and modelling tools

• Outsourcing arrangements, due diligence, tenders and benchmarking analysis

• Independent project risk management oversight

• Business continuity, cyber risk and data management frameworks

COMPLIANCE

• Outsourced Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and Compliance Manager services

• APRA and ASIC licensing, registrations and approval applications

• Regulatory stakeholder communications and relationship management

• Risk based legislative and regulatory compliance frameworks

• Fulfilment of mandatory disclosure obligations

• Financial planning policies, business rules and practice guides

• Independent reviews of AFSL representatives and financial advice files

• Independent reviews of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) programs

• Independent reviews of privacy compliance frameworks

• Internal audit function appointments

• Management of internal and external audit function tenders

STRATEGY

• Facilitation of strategic planning workshops

• Analysis of market positioning and strategic opportunities

• Independent review of strategic and business planning documentation

• Mergers, acquisitions and corporate transactions

• Scale assessments / member outcomes testing and contingency planning

• Strategic review of subsidiaries, business lines, divisions and product offerings

• Independent review of organisational structures and insourcing / outsourcing arrangements

• Adequacy of resourcing and specification of roles and responsibilities

• Process mapping and optimisation of business processes, practices and system configurations

• Post implementation reviews for major project initiatives

• Product benchmarking and enhancement of independent product ratings