ASISA Academy Newsflash – October 2025

The ASISA Academy’s vision is to be the training partner of choice for both the ASISA members as well as the broader financial services industry and its stakeholders. As one of the transformation initiatives of ASISA, we rely on the input and support of member companies – both large and small – to determine the kinds of short courses and programmes that we offer. In recognition of the...

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ASISA Academy Newsflash – September 2025

September, Heritage Month, saw the release of the 2025 ASISA Industry Transformation Report (2018-2024). With the theme “Driving Inclusive Growth through Sustainable Transformation”, the fourth transformation progress update was collated from data provided by ASISA members with a total of 80 000 employees, representing 98% of assets under management for life offices and 83% of AUM for asset managers.

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ASISA Academy Newsflash – August 2025

Every August, I feel a little extra proud when Women’s Month shines a light on a mission that is core to what we do at the ASISA Academy all year round: female empowerment. I am surrounded by strong, empowered women who spend a lot of their time passionately doing work that empowers others, notably many young women.

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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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