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CFA exam results out, record participation

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... candidates received their results earlier this month. All the results this year are on par with historical trends for the past few years, with less than half of the candidates sitting both the Level I and II exams passing. The pass rates for all three ...

Sovereign wealth fund plans Ancestry.com retreat

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
Investors including Singapore's $150 billion plus sovereign wealth fund are looking to pull out over $1.3 billion from popular DNA testing company Ancestry.com, according to a news report. Singapore's GIC and private equity firm Silver Lake Management ...

What is holding Aussie robo advisers back?

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
Higher base fees, more complex fee structures and fewer investment options could be holding Australian robo advisers back from reaching the scale their American counterparts have, according to new research from Rainmaker. Australia has six main companies ...

Ex-ANZ adviser goes solo

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... independent. "I feel like they have the scale to survive in the new world. With ASIC 515 and all the extra requirements I had a few people warn me off the smaller licensees who may not be able to," she said. While Laird is fully qualified with a relevant ...

Chief economist update: The UK is not OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... positive return (7.7%) this year-to-date - supported by the weak currency - it has fallen by 5.6% from its 2019 high, recorded a few days after Boris Johnson assumed office as UK Prime Minister on July 24. The only positive that could be inferred from ...

Fintech off to slow start in 2019: KPMG

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
Following record investments in 2018, Australia's fintech sector saw a subdued investment trend in the first half of this year. The number of fintech deals and total global investment in fintech dropped in 1H19, a result due primarily to the lack of ...

Mercer slams Grattan Institute

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... including that all Australians will work until the future pension eligibility age of 67. "In fact most Australians retire a few years before the pension age," Mercer pointed out. The firm noted Grattan's assumption that workers are single when they ...

Industry fund changes asset consultant

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... the annual costs of providing administration to members from 2021. The contract comes into effect in November. This came a few days after the fund said it introduced a flat administration fee of $1.50 per week across all of its investment options, including ...

IPOs fewer but performing well

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
Fewer companies sought to list on the ASX in the first half of the year but IPO investors were rewarded well on the listing day, according to HLB Mann Judd's biannual IPO report. Only 23 companies listed in the six months to June, raising $823 million. ...

APRA forced to overhaul culture, capabilities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... financial stability issues. The panel said it was not enough that APRA has increasingly focused on member outcomes in the last few years, concluding that this progress was ultimately "inefficient," particularly when it comes to system efficiency, fees ...