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CFA releases disappointing pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... 28,170 aspiring investment management professions undertaking the session, saw a marginal improvement compared to the May, July, and August 2021 sittings. For the level two examination, just 46% of the 18,047 candidates passed. This was an improvement ...

Synchron appoints compliance lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... compliance. Phil Osborne took on the position from February 1. He has been working with Synchron as a compliance consultant since July 2021. He reports directly to the Synchron board and heads a compliance team which includes Alison Massey, head of compliance ...

Insignia loses self-employed advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... 2021, Insignia facilitated over 50 intra-group acquisitions and mergers; it expects its adviser numbers to stabilise from 1 July 2022. Some 97% of Insignia advisers have completed their exams. During the quarter, funds under administration increased ...

Australians plough record cash into managed funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... took place a little later than in the UK, Europe, and Asia. But most of the buying was still in the first half of the year. July was the most positive month of all in Australia, Calastone reported, but net inflows fell in each of the following months ...

Use of cryptos to boom in 2022: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... second half to see Bitcoin drive the growth and outperform. The number of Bitcoin users grew by 37.5% from 128 million in July to 176 million in December; while around 23 million users held Ethereum and the rate increased by only 1.4% during the period. ...

E&P pulls the plug on DASS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... ASIC slapped on DASS that same month. Despite the trouble it has caused investors, ASIC dropped its case against DASS in July 2021, after seeing that a $7.2 million penalty and $1 million to cover legal costs was fit. E&P managing director and chief ...

Natixis sells Fiera Capital interest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
... products in Canada. In Australia, Fiera Capital products are distributed by Ironbark Asset Management following an agreement in July 2021. Fiera Capital was also the buyer of AMP Capital's Global Companies business in March 2021. "Value creation by way ...

Blackstone inches closer to Crown Resorts deal

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
... Crown in March last year, with an initial offer of A$11.85. That, and a subsequent offer in May were rejected as too low. In July, rival Australian casino operator Star Entertainment Group scrapped a merger proposal with Crown, while an offer from Oaktree ...

Christian Super investment chief in new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
... members." Rider's move follows Christian Super being directed by the prudential regulator to merge with a larger fund by 31 July 2022, citing underperformance.

Aussie investors retain home bias: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
... capital gains expectations for the All Ords have fluctuated between 0% and 8% over the past year, settling at around 4.3% in July-October 2021 as the market tests all-time highs, the research shows. Average yield expectations have also risen, up from ...