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Record low CFA pass rate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
The pass rate for the latest Chartered Financial Analyst exam hit a record low, with some theorising that the pandemic interfered with preparation. After news that level one candidates suffered a dismal pass rate of 25% for the May exam, level two and ...

SEEK raising $260m for new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
The ASX-listed jobs listing business will raise $260 million from external investors for a new fund that invests in employment-related businesses. The SEEK Growth Fund is a pooled unit trust formed after SEEK's strategic review of its Asia Pacific and ...

Booming market for financial services jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
According to Kaizen Recruitment, which specialises in financial services, lockdowns have not cooled a hot job market for finance professionals. The recruitment firm said positive momentum from the first quarter of 2021 only accelerated into the second ...

Victorian government agency hunts for fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... boost for the Victorian startup sector, providing much needed capital to our best early-stage startups to grow and create jobs." The selection panel includes Jasper, LaunchVic board director Aneetha de Silva, Afterpay chair Elana Rubin, Lighter Capital ...

Sydney world's strongest luxury real estate market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... the pandemic leaving many flush with savings. "Government fiscal stimulus measures have been revised upwards, protecting jobs and incomes via furlough schemes meaning there have been few forced property sales. Banks in key developed markets offered mortgage ...

Super funds back space travel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... going where no Australian business has gone before, which can open up exciting new opportunities for high-tech industries and jobs in Australia, while helping to grow members' retirement savings," she said. Hostplus chief executive David Elia anticipates ...

Industry funds flag $77bn merger

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... local member services, including the Statewide Super Hub in Victoria Square and the office in Darwin, and preserve local jobs. Statewide has been on the hunt for a merger partner for some time. In early 2019, the fund attempted a merger with Tasplan ...

Chief economist update: It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... the government's JobKeeper scheme ended in March. My back of the envelope calculations shows that a total of 256,000 jobs have been created in the first five months of this year, more than making up for the 96,400 positions lost in 2020. The ABS ...

Your Future, Your Super passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... the first fund they are in, rather than automatically opening up new accounts with different super funds when they get new jobs. It will also see poorly performing funds unable to accept any new members. Cbus was one of the super funds to voice its concerns ...

HESTA managers improve on gender diversity

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... Sawtell-Rickson says the fund hasn't had the right candidates, even though an increasing number of applications it receives for jobs are now from women candidates. "That is probably the most disappointing area. As you can see on charts, we've ...