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

  • Environmental, social and governance (ESG) frameworks 

  • Modern slavery frameworks, policies, statements and service provider due diligence reviews

  • Governance, delegations and conflicts frameworks

  • Independent triennial reviews of governance and conflicts management frameworks

  • Remuneration and accountability frameworks

  • Independent director services

  • Independent risk and 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

  • Outsourced insurance committee member services

  • Investment management frameworks

  • Outsourced investment committee member services

  • 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

  • Outsourced Responsible 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