 Dr Ray McHale Chief Executive Officer, Financial Standard CPD Program (at time of writing)
RAY MCHALE | FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024 Developing effective stakeholder trust strategies has become increasingly important in the world of corporate governance. Read more RAY MCHALE | THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023 Are you walking the talk on trust? As abstract and amorphous as the concept of trust may appear, we all implicitly know how essential it is to business success. Nothing meaningful or valuable happens without it. Read more RAY MCHALE | FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021 Consideration of trust and trustworthiness in the financial advice industry is unavoidable. This is because the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) Code of Ethics (FASEA Code) is unequivocal. Read more RAY MCHALE | THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021 The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) Code of Ethics (Code) consists of the five ethical values of trustworthiness, competence, honesty, fairness, and diligence; and these underpin the prescribed 12 standards. Read more RAY MCHALE | FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019 Lots of people in the industry are yelling right now because they have serious concerns about the introduction of FASEA's Code of Ethics. Read more PAGE: 1 |
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