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Adviser exam records 73% pass rate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
... financial advice regulatory and legal obligations, including Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act, the Privacy Act and the Tax Agent Services Act; applied ethical and professional reasoning ...

Causeway PM, H&G form joint venture

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
Causeway will manage a large pool of investor funds through a strategic joint venture with ASX-listed Hancock and Gore (H&G) and introduce its offerings to the Australian market. The H&G Causeway Dynamic Credit Fund looks to offer a streamlined mechanism ...

Women less confident to retire: Vanguard

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
A study of over 1800 working and retired Australians has revealed a stark difference in confidence levels when it comes to how men and women plan for retirement. According to Vanguard's How Australia Retires study, almost half of Australian women do ...

No question we need more BTR: Mowat

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
UBS's regional head of real estate John Mowat says there is a "fundamental market need" for more build-to-rent (BTR) developments in Australia. Speaking with Financial Standard, Mowat said there's no question Australia needs more BTR projects. "The ...

Super tax concessions cost less than future Age Pension savings: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023
According to a Mercer report, superannuation tax concessions for median income earners costs less than the future Age Pension savings from super. The Mercer Rethinking super tax concessions report shows under a model where individuals benefit from superannuation ...

Unemployment rate rises as gender wage gap narrows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported a 14,600 drop in employment in July, deviating sharply from the anticipated rise of 15,000 by economists. In July, the unemployment rate increased to 3.7%, up from 3.5% the previous month, despite economists' ...

FinClear buys cash investment platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
Adding to its growing suite of services, FinClear acquired Transact1, a cash investment solution used by both wholesale and institutional investors. FinClear said it is capitalising on growing demand for cash investment products, saying Transact1 positions ...

BTR may create generation of tenants: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
The build-to-rent (BTR) model is attractive for several reasons, including the familiarity and comfort such investments offer. But does it align with the great Aussie dream? In the latest episode of the Financial Standard podcast, HOPE Housing chief ...

Credit Suisse fined $575m by regulators

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
US and UK regulators have imposed fines of $575 million (US$388 million) on the bank for risk management and governance failures related to the collapse of Archegos Capital Management. The US Federal Reserve has issued Credit Suisse a $394.84 million ...

Office sector down 8%: MSCI

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
The commercial real estate sector continues to take a beating, suffering an 8% devaluation to its capital in the last financial year, according to MSCI. Commercial real estate funds returned -4.4% for investors and provided a measly 3.7% in income during ...