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Regulation, profitability top adviser worries: BT

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... industry." "Raising awareness of financial planning as a career path is important. I don't think people aren't choosing to study financial planning because they don't like it, but rather that they don't know about it," Barr said.

Adviser exam yields 70% pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006, the Privacy Act 1988, and the Tax Agent Services Act 2009. Candidates must also study financial advice construction, which is the suitability of advice aligned to different consumer groups, incorporating consumer ...

Corporate borrowing hits all-time high despite interest rates

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
... the increase in global net borrowing last financial year. The asset manager's annual corporate debt index is a long-term study into global company indebtedness that scrutinises the extent to which big players are financing themselves with borrowings ...

Social media, news addiction cost returns: Morningstar

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... Reddit's WallStreetBets to make big bets on the company, spawning what otherwise became known as a meme stock. A 2022 study of investors on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange found they use 2.8 channels on average to obtain information. Social media was ...

Advisers shoulder massive wealth transfer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... she says, noting careful planning, education, and managing potential social tensions are also important. A 1987 in the US study by John Ward claims that 70% of wealth transfers fail by the second generation and only 13% of family businesses survive by ...

Future Fund, QIC finalise new deal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... of Melbourne and Port of Brisbane. QIC is also currently assisting the Queensland government in developing a feasibility study for the Gympie Road Bypass Tunnel. "This is the Future Fund's first direct investment in an Australian toll road and is in ...

ETFs dominate client portfolios: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... (ETFs) are dominating client portfolios as nine out of 10 financial advisers continue to recommend them to clients, a new study shows. The 2024 Trends in Investing report reveals that more than 60% of advisers will up clients' allocations to ETFs ...

Who is the highest paid S&P500 company chief?

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... million in total remuneration in 2023 to be the only boss among S&P500 companies to receive a nine-figure salary, a new pay study shows. Broadcom's Hock E. Tan is the only chief executive to receive a nine-figure amount out of the 341 executives ...

BlackRock has most valuable brand, study finds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
BlackRock has the world's most valuable brand in asset management, while Public Investment Fund (PIF) takes the title among sovereign wealth funds. That's according to a global ranking of brand strength and brand value conducted by Brand Finance. ...

Financial services workers eye earlier retirement

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
... between men and women, compared to a year difference a decade ago, and a two-year difference around 10 years before that." The study also found that the Age Pension is still the main source of personal income at retirement for 43% of retirees, followed ...