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CFA exam results out, record participation

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... flexibility in using those skills within and beyond traditional markets. The CFA has also recorded candidate growth in all regions, with the highest increase in Australia among the top 10 markets. Here, the number of candidates was up by 23% on the previous ...

Super working in favour of all members

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... Queensland ($123,636), Western Australia ($119,980) and the Northern Territory ($95,170) tend to have lower super savings. Some regions proved to be outliers. Kooyong ($312,746), Higgins ($279,307) and Goldstein ($277,511) for example, had higher-than-average ...

Aussie income fund added to platforms

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... predictable cash flows, even during periods of market slowdown or recession". The fund's current holdings are diversified across regions and infrastructure sectors with electricity the largest single sector, making up 50% of the portfolio and the USA ...

NEOS grows sales teams

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... manager Don Glendinning and fellow business development managers Eugene Badenhorst and Troy Abbott in looking after the regions. Yamen was most recently in a similar role with AIA Australia for three years, and prior to that was a financial planner at ...

Financial scams smash Australia

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... institutions and their customers, but noted Australia was copping significantly more attempts than other nations. "All regions of the world reported an increase in cyber-attacks, scams, identity theft and 'Cardholder Not Present' (CNP) frauds. This is ...

CFA hopefuls at record high

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... said 54% of those who sat the test passed. There are more than 164,000 CFA charterholders worldwide in 164 countries and regions.

Chief economist update: The curse of Japan's consumption tax hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... recorded in the September quarter of last year. For one, the BOJ's quarterly regional economic survey showed all nine regions reporting expansion/recovery in their respective economies. All nine regions reported increasing capital investments with ...

Sydney residential property slumps

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... Sydney-Melbourne correction. "Although Australia's two largest cities are the primary drivers for the weaker national reading, most regions around the country have reacted to tighter credit conditions by recording weaker housing market results relative ...

Andrew Boal departs Willis Towers Watson

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... business, with Australasian operations now being streamlined to better align with the structure employed by the group in other regions. Simon Weaver has been named to replace Boal, with his current role of head of corporate risk and broking to be merged ...

Insurer awards $80m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... where ideas are generated through deep research and long track records of analysing investor behaviour, investing across regions and financial instruments," Watson said. The $41.4 billion H2O Asset Management is one of Natixis' 26 investment managers ...