Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the financial reporting and auditing environment, with three-quarters of Australian companies using or piloting AI in their systems.   

Join us for a webinar with experts from KPMG – Nicola Stone, Audit Technology Director, and Francine Hoo, Director – Tech Integration (Data and AI) – who will explore the challenges with privacy, regulations, and ethicality of AI usage in the financial sector.  

Nicola and Francine will share the operationalisation wins and challenges with the implementation of AI governance of assurance. 

If you want to get on top of what Private Equity really is and how they achieve “The Ultimate Goal of Private Equity” then this webinar is for you. 

Mark Richardson will answer these fundamental questions in a clear and informative way, moderated by FINSIA CEO and MD Yasser El Ansary who himself spent over a decade in Private Equity. 

1. What is Private Equity and what does a Private equity Firm do? 
2. How does a Private Equity Firm raise a new Fund? 
3. How does a Private Equity deal team decide which companies to buy? 
4. What is the reality of how value is created in a company owned by Private Equity? 
5. Why, when and how does a Private Equity firm sell its investments? 
6. Finally, does Private Equity actually achieve their ultimate goal? 

The one-hour webinar will allow ample time for questions and follow up and you will leave with a far more complete understanding of the four stage Private Equity life cycle. 

Whilst we would be familiar with traditional banking, most practitioners might be surprised to learn that in fact there are two additional types of banking that exist in Australia, shadow and underground. These forms of banking are less regulated than traditional banking and often are cited as the potential cause of the next financial crisis or of facilitating money-laundering and other misdeeds.  

Join us for a webinar with Mark Thomas. He’ll shed a light on the shadows and explains what these forms of banking are, their roles and the functions they play. This webinar also will discuss the concerns and what protections Australia has in place against the misuse of these other forms of banking.