ASISA Academy Newsflash – July 2025

As much as I am inspired by the work the ASISA Academy does developing promising young people, I am also very pleased to be fulfilling our mandate of serving our industry through member partnerships. This month, we feature another longstanding ASISA member partner, Allan Gray. As the company’s HR Business Partner, Norman Petersen, said in a recent interview, the ASISA Academy graduate programmes solve a key recruitment challenge at ASISA member companies.

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ASISA Academy Newsflash – June 2025

This Youth Month Newsflash is dedicated to the hundreds of young people who have come through the graduate programmes of the ASISA Academy since our inaugural programme in 2011, which was in partnership with the TSIBA Business School and ASISA member companies. Many of them have now established themselves as young industry professionals and are....

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ASISA Academy Newsflash – May 2025

Established in 2007 as an independent business school offering high-quality learning solutions designed and delivered by savings and investment industry experts, the ASISA Academy’s offerings have steadily scaled over the years. 

Our vision is to be the training partner of choice for both ASISA members and the broader financial services industry and its stakeholders. Our mission is to have high-quality...

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ASISA Academy Newsflash – April 2025

On 27 April 1994, my husband and I happily entertained our one-year-old daughter for hours while we queued to cast our first-ever vote in our country’s first national democratic elections. It was both a profound and historic moment. The jubilation in the air was palpable as millions of previously disenfranchised South Africans....

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ASISA Academy Newsflash – March 2025

As we commemorated the Sharpeville Massacre that took place 65 years ago on 21 March, I contemplated the collective efforts made by ASISA members through the ASISA Academy on transformation initiatives over the years.  While the work of transformation is often challenging, it is also rewarding when one sees impact. As you will read in the....

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ASISA Academy Newsflash – February 2025

There has been so much change in the world of work in the past few decades, especially since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. The flexibility of remote working, improvements in connectivity and the expansion of online options have allowed so many more people to easily take part in our many programmes and courses, which seek to make....

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