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No extension to FASEA deadline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... increase in the number of people applying to study courses relevant for financial advisers. However, recent Rainmaker analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register shows close to 3000 authorised representatives have exited the industry this calendar ...

Down but not out: Top advisers adapt

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... financial advice sector, with close to 3000 advisers dropping out of the industry since February. According to Rainmaker analysis, the official number of active advisers has now plummeted from 28,650 to 25,865 - meaning 2804 have exited. In the same ...

CFA exam results out, record participation

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... of delivering returns, especially within the context of global sustainability, means there is more demand for expert analysis and flexibility in using those skills within and beyond traditional markets. The CFA has also recorded candidate growth in all ...

ASIC to review end of grandfathering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... entities that pay and receive grandfathered remuneration. ASIC said this group will have more "detailed engagement and analysis" with the regulator during the review. At the end of July, the government introduced legislation to ban grandfathered commissions ...

Sean Fenton back with Sage Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... long/short Aussie equities fund and a "hedge fund-type" absolute return fund. The investment style combines quantitative analysis with human-led fundamental company research and an awareness of macroeconomics. Fenton is one of the longest-standing long/short ...

Montgomery to launch small company fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... said. "But finding tomorrow's leaders today means knowing these businesses personally. It also means underpinning deep analysis with hundreds of face-to-face meetings each year." Rollo agreed, and said brokers often under-researched smaller companies ...

Salary sacrifice loophole bill insufficient: ISA

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... ensuring employees receive super, the reforms "fall a long way short" of addressing the major causes of unpaid super. ISA analysis of 2016-17 ATO data showed the loophole has led to more than 370,000 workers missing out on their super entitlements, totalling ...

Wealth projection boosts super fund engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... contributions 33% higher, the research found. University of Sydney lecturer and co-researcher George Smyrnis said the analysis shows presenting the RIE encouraged higher rates of salary sacrifice saving, and higher average amounts of salary sacrifice ...

Association policy lead to join Treasury

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... standards, the Royal Commission and the Productivity Commission's superannuation review. George provided a summary and analysis of the Federal Budget for the SMSFA every year, which the association said was always well received by members. The SMSFA ...

Chief economist update: Greater than the Great Recession of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... negative interest rates... and then some. "There are other types of policies that probably aren't getting as much analysis. But one is negative interest rate policies. Those are being used in Europe and in Japan. They haven't been as popular ...