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ASIC releases May exam pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2023
... three quarters of the candidates sat the May exam for the first time. To date, 20,570 candidates have sat the exam. The majority (92%) who sat the exam have passed, demonstrating they have the skills to apply their knowledge of advice construction, ethics ...

Soros hands the reins to son

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
... countries around the world and funnels approximately $2.2 billion annually to groups that promote democracy. It controls the majority of assets managed by Soros' family office. Alexander Soros, who goes by Alex, said the family's philanthropic ...

Challenger lowers stake in Elanor

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
Challenger's majority stake in Elanor Investors Group continues to drop as another investor has come in to secure a minority stake. Challenger will now have a 13.7% interest in ASX-listed Elanor (ENN), down from 16.7% as revised in May. This dropped ...

New Quantum reveals Nasdaq listing plans

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
... transaction reflects an estimated proforma enterprise value of New Quantum at $1.1 billion, following its acquisition of a majority interest in Morrison Securities from Sequoia Financial Group in June. "New Quantum's technology and platform have the ...

Epsilon launches second Australian fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
... down to having choice and a differentiated service proposition to the traditional bank lenders which provide the vast majority of this capital in Australia."

King's birthday honours for industry executives

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... their service is valued by us all." Notably, for the first time since the Order of Australia was established in 1975, the majority of recipients in the General Division were women. Similarly, there is gender parity or better at the three highest levels ...

Industry bodies respond to QAR recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... legislated. A September 2022 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia survey of trustees found that only the majority provide intra-fund and personal advice. "Superannuation funds are well placed to deliver the financial advice that consumers ...

Economists divided over cash rate decision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... volatile, but gives an indication that the high inflation challenge remains." An RBA Cash Rate survey shows that a slight majority (56%) of economists believe the RBA will hold the cash rate at 3.85%. Interestingly, only 55% of economists correctly predicted ...

Italian private credit fund brings unique offering down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
... director of marketing and client relations Richard Borysiewicz said. "As a credit manager both public and private markets, majority of our assets, in fact 90% of our assets are public markets, but increasingly, we're seeing growth in our private ...

Super members want free advice: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023
... they can seek financial advice from their superannuation provider," the Superannuation Research Report 2022 shows. The majority (78%) want their fund to provide advice on how much insurance cover they should have, as 42% have no idea how to change their ...