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Government to scrap advisers' approved qualifications list

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... reported that major institutions - the University of Wollongong, Queensland University of Technology, and University of Tasmania - were ditching their approved financial advice courses due to poor enrolment numbers. Jones said the reforms will complement ...

WA best performing state, but economic growth lags

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... (-3.2%). SA tops the category with 8.4%, followed by Queensland (7.9%), the ACT (7.0%), Victoria (5.9%), NSW (5.8%), and Tasmania (5.3%). WA was however strongest for retail spending, employment market, home lending, population growth, and dwelling starts ...

What you read in 2024

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
Mergers, corporate fund closures and executive moves were the major motifs for Financial Standard readers this year. Unsurprisingly, further consolidation in the superannuation sector was a major driver of audience interest this year with a number of ...

Three universities ditch financial planning courses

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
Three major universities have pulled the plug on their financial planning courses due to the lack of student interest in a major blow for the profession as it struggles to attract new entrants. The University of Wollongong, Queensland University of ...

The sensitive conversations advisers shy away from

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... warned of the criminal implications of coercive control. Four states - New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, and Tasmania - recognise coercive control as a standalone event, she said. "It's really a big movement in Australia at the moment ...

CommSec names top state for economic performance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... in third place with the ACT in fourth position. The previously equal fourth-placed states of Queensland (now fifth), Tasmania (now sixth) and NSW (now seventh) all dropped down the leaderboard. The Northern Territory remains in eighth spot. "Across the ...

South Australia recognised as 'economic leader'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
South Australia leads in economic performance across all Australian states and territories, according to the CommSec State of the States quarterly report. CommSec said South Australia was "the most consistent performer," securing the top spot in half ...

ETFs reigned supreme in 2023: Superhero

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
New insights from Superhero show the total trading volume of the top five most-traded ETFs on Superhero overshadowing that of both the top 10 listed companies in Australia and the US. According to Superhero's annual Year in Trades Review report, nearly ...

Australian farmland values in decline: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
Australian farmland values have reached an inflection point in 2023 following a sustained period of strong growth, according to Rural Bank's latest report. In collaboration with Digital Agricultural Services (DAS), Rural Bank's Australian Farmland Values ...

UniSuper partners to buy Tasmanian timber plantation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
UniSuper and a consortium of European pension funds have acquired a Tasmanian forestry estate from a New Forests managed fund. UniSuper, the UK's Pension Protection Fund (PPF), and APG Asset Management N.V (APG) on behalf of its Dutch pension fund client ...