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February 2022 adviser exam dates released

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 DEC 2021
As part of its new remit, ASIC has released the first round of examination dates for financial advisers in 2022. The first exam sittings of 2022 will be held on February 17, 18, 19 and 21. Enrolments for this sitting will be open from 10 January 2022 ...

Adviser population drops below 19,000

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... adviser landscape, with the highest number of active advisers at 635. AMP Financial Planning (599) and Morgans Financial (473) round out the top three. Meanwhile, Synchron (404), Charter Financial Planning (382) and Consultum Financial Advisers (342) ...

New boutique at Pendal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
The funds giant recently launched a new boutique focused on alternative duration, led by Vimal Gor. In October, Financial Standard reported changes within Pendal's bond, income and defensive strategies (BIDS) business, which was headed by Gor. At ...

Portfolio holdings disclosure a failure: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
New analysis from Morningstar suggests Australia has "blown its opportunity" to improve portfolio holdings disclosures. "As an otherwise sophisticated market, it is remarkable that Australia has consistently ranked bottom of all major global markets ...

MSC Trustees strengthens relationship management efforts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... knowledge to help further expand the business." MSC Group managing director Matthew Fletcher said McGrath brings extensive all-round experience across multiple aspects of trusteeship and fund administration. During her time at Equity Trustees, she also ...

Active Super adds board director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
The $14 billion industry superannuation fund will welcome a new board director next month, appointed to a four-year term. Liverpool City Council's Nathan Hagarty will join Active Super's board on December 5 as an employer-nominated director. ...

ETF inflows reach $2.4bn

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
Net flows in exchange traded funds (ETFs) hit $2.4 billion for the month of October, which has more than offset asset value declines, new data shows. BetaShares' latest Australian ETF Review for the month ending October 2021 revealed the top ETF by ...

Brian Hartzer in new role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
... fintech startup, and as a senior advisor to Quantium and Sayers Group. Reejig recently raise $6 million in a Series A funding round and counts Woolworths, KPMG, Transport for NSW, and John Holland among its clients. "The move towards organisational agility ...

FASEA to reword Standard 3

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has opened a round of consultation to amend the wording of Standard 3. Following concerns raised by the industry, FASEA is now asking stakeholders what they want the wording of Standard 3 to state ...

Super fund documents unreadable: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
The documents produced by Australia's largest superannuation funds have performed dismally in an analysis of readability, with an average score of 45.6 out of a possible 100. Ethos CRS analysed 80 different documents published online by the 10 largest ...