Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 2941 - 2950 of 18263 results for "Plan"

ASIC sets adviser exam dates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
ASIC has set the final three sitting dates for the financial adviser exam in 2022. Following the first round of exams that took place in February, ASIC announced new sitting dates yesterday. Enrolments for the May sitting open on April 4 and close on ...

Advisers can help female clients 'break the bias'

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
While the proportion of women investing is picking up the pace, the number of female investors still lags behind men - but financial advisers can help. At an International Women's Day event today, BT head of risk strategies and research Kirsty Wymer ...

TAA calls for prudent pace for reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
The Quality of Advice Review should take precedence over other proposed regulatory changes as financial advisers should not be encumbered by two sets of major reforms in a short period of time. This is according to The Advisers Association, which is ...

Funds need retirement income strategy by July

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
Writing to super fund trustees, ASIC and APRA have confirmed that under the Retirement Income Covenant funds will need a strategy in place by July 2022. Outlining the timeline for implementing the covenant, ASIC and APRA said by 1 July 2022 funds are ...

AGL rejects another takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
AGL Energy has rejected another takeover bid offer made by the consortium led by Atlassian's Mike Cannon-Brookes. The $8.25 per share offer "is still well below both the fair value" of the company, the AGL board told the ASX this morning. Cannon-Brookes ...

New initiative calculates how much Aussies need in retirement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
Super Consumers Australia has launched a new consultation attempting to calculate exactly how much Australians need to retire in comfort. One of the findings of the Retirement Income Review was that retirees do not confidently spend their retirement ...

Advisers call out regulation backflip

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
Financial advisers are calling out the federal government's regulatory backflip, which floated the idea that the industry can operate under a principles-based regime. Synchron general manager of compliance Phil Osborne said the proposed framework put ...

New deputy chief at First Sentier

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
First Sentier Investors named a new deputy chief executive who will take on the Sydney-based role. Yoshiki Ueno will work alongside First Sentier chief executive Mark Steinberg, relocating from New York where he is currently the fund manager's head ...

EQT buys Stockland Retirement Living for $987m

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
The global investment firm's infrastructure business has acquired the community living provider in a deal expected to finalise in the coming months. Under the terms of the agreement, EQT will acquire Stockland's portfolio of 58 established Retirement ...

Advisers cautious of election promises

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
The federal government must be held accountable for making sweeping promises around reducing compliance and qualification red tape, a financial advice industry event has heard. The minister for superannuation, financial services, and digital economy ...