With the challenges we face on a daily basis in this current crisis, we are all building resilience as we learn to adapt and ‘pivot’, even if we don’t realise it. So how can we mindfully build resilience in times of uncertainty? One way of doing this is by developing a growth mindset. Growth mindset is the belief that skills and intelligence can be grown and developed through hard work, good strategies and input from others.

Conduct: It's everyone's responsibility

Monday 24 August 2020

by Calissa Aldridge, Senior Executive Leader - Market Supervision, ASIC

Conduct is fundamentally about how people behave. We’re mostly conditioned from a young age to recognise and demonstrate appropriate behaviour, whether individually or as part of a group.

BFO Young Ambassadors and the impact of the Hayne Inquiry

Wednesday 1 July 2020

by FINSIA InFinance Magazine

The fallout from the Hayne Inquiry has had a clear impact on the next generation of banking and financial services leaders: Young Ambassadors on The Banking and Finance Oath’s Program have spoken about how the Royal Commission highlighted the need to focus on “professionalism” and “ethics” as a way of restoring community trust.

Commerce student promotes ethics in finance as BFO Young Ambassador

Friday 19 June 2020

by The University of Sydney Business School

Bachelor of Commerce student Ricky Rangra has been selected as a 2020 Banking and Finance Oath Young Ambassador, with a mission to build integrity in the financial services industry.

NAB's McEwan sends all 34,000 staff back to school

Wednesday 10 June 2020

by James Frost, Australian Financial Review

NAB chief executive Ross McEwan is sending the bank's entire workforce of around 34,000 employees in Australia and New Zealand back to school to sit a "Banking 101" course at a cost of around $50 million over three years.

Risking it to support the economy

Friday 29 May 2020

by ANZ Bluenotes

Banks and financial institutions are playing a critical role in stabilising Australia's economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are providing financial resilience and a reassuring sense of stability at a time of great uncertainty.

Bankers: take the Banking and Finance Oath

Monday 7 October 2019

by Alan Kohler, The Australian

In this article, The Australian's Alan Kohler questions why in a financial services industry of 400,000 people, less than one percent have taken the Oath, presenting a great case for why there really is no excuse for not supporting this important ethics initiative. John Laker (pictured) is Banking and Finance Oath chairman. Photo: Adam Yip

Broker Magazine: Trust is the Foundation of my profession

Friday 8 February 2019

By Jodi O'Callaghan, Executive Officer, The BFO: 'Trust is the foundation of my profession'. These are the powerful opening words of The Banking and Finance Oath (The BFO) and for finance professionals, they're words you want to be able to say with pride. But how do those words translate when trust is top of mind for customers, given some of the abhorrent cases being revealed in the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry.

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