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Underemployment continues steep decline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
The latest ABS figures show that the total number of underemployed workers has fallen, as has the weekly hours not worked by underemployed people. Of the 13.6 million employed people in May 2022, 1.5 million were underemployed. Of these underemployed ...

Performance test comms criticised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
ASIC is warning super trustees to ensure they communicate upcoming performance test outcomes correctly to members, saying some of the funds that failed the test last year also failed to adequately inform members. The regulator has reviewed the performance ...

ASIC releases CCIV guidelines

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
ASIC has released long-awaited regulatory guidelines relating to the registration and licensing requirements for Corporate Collective Investment Vehicles ahead of its July 1 implementation date. The information sheet (INFO 272) and report (REP 728) ...

Citi pilots Bitcoin custody service platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022
Citibank has announced that it's launching will launch a Bitcoin custody services platform for institutional investors. The bank will partner with orchestration platform METACO to help develop and trial its digital asset custody capabilities. "This ...

OMERS acquires model tower company

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022
OMERS Infrastructure has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire independent telecommunication tower company Stilmark. The transaction will be the pension fund's second Australian tower investment in the last two months. In May OMERS announced ...

Cboe to debut FLEX micro options product

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
Cboe Global Markets has announced it plans to launch its new FLEX micro options contracts on June 27. Like standard customisable FLEX options, FLEX micro options will allow users to specify key contract terms. This includes terms such as exercise prices ...

BTC Markets gains ASFL

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
Melbourne-based BTC Markets has become Australia's first crypto exchange to successfully go through the full AFSL application process, via sister company BTCM Payments. BTC Markets said the AFSL will enable it to further bridge the crypto and traditional ...

Former adviser wins appeal, convictions quashed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
A former adviser who was found guilty of fraud and sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2019 will have his case retried, having successfully argued there was a miscarriage of justice. Ben Jayaweera was a financial adviser and director of now-defunct Growth ...

May exam sees 43% pass rate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
Less than half of the financial advisers who sat the exam in May have passed, results show. The May sittings represented the 17 th since the introduction of the exam and saw 496 advisers attempt it; 72.2% of which were resitting the exam for at least ...

Findex Group acquires firm

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
Findex Group is growing its presence, announcing the acquisition of McGarva Accounting Group which trades under Atticus Business Accountants and Basecamp Bookkeeping in Toowoomba. Findex is a privately-owned financial advisory and accounting service ...