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Dismal pass rate for latest CFA exam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) level one exam results for May 2021 saw a paltry pass rate of just 25%. This was the lowest pass rate ever recorded. In February 2021, 44% of level one candidates passed the exam. In the first half of 2019, 41% ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... on investments for The Australian. Stammer was also a regular fixture at the annual Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum as the Master of Ceremonies, up until his retirement. Coinciding with his 80 th birthday, UNE has awarded him with an Honorary ...

Iress hires head of product design

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... Venture Mentoring Service to help prospective entrepreneurs and researchers to develop business skills and design leader forum member at InVision. Ansari was previously head of user experience at DiUS Computing and spent eight years at Stamford Interactive ...

The other side of the ETP growth story

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... likely lose out. Rainmaker head of investment research John Dyall, speaking at the Financial Standard Exchange Traded Product Forum in Sydney this morning, took a deeper look at the growth of ETPs and ETFs. The exponential growth rate of 40% per annum ...

More members monitoring superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
More than half of superannuation members surveyed by MLC reveal they are taking their retirement savings more seriously and are watching the stock markets more closely than ever. About 53% of the 1004 participants that took part in the survey said they ...

Pensions for Purpose eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
The ESG-focused think tank has appointed an Australian distributor. It is looking to expand into Australia via a partnership with Melbourne third-party distributor AFM Investment Partners. AFM's founder and managing director John Donovan will join Pensions ...

CFP Board creates diversity and inclusion role

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... which she held for just under 12 months. Harris also worked as the director of marketing for the Women's Foodservice Forum based in Chicago. CFP Board chief executive Kevin R. Keller said: "Dawn brings experience and skills that will strengthen our ...

Investment bonds a good alternative to Wills: GDG

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... Generation Life senior distribution manager Laura Salsbury. Speaking at Financial Standard 's first Technical Services Forum for the year, Salsbury said investment bonds can be good alternatives to Wills, which may be challenged in court and trusts ...

Advice association chief steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
The chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers has stepped down after four years in the role. Phil Kewin has led the AFA since 2017, having succeeded Brad Fox as chief executive in March of that year. He said the time is right to hand ...

Insider trading forum busted

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has busted an internet forum where people were selling "insider tips" on listed companies. California man James Roland Jones was charged with perpetuating a fraudulent scheme to sell what he claimed were ...