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CFA releases disappointing pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... today's news will be disappointing for some. This is the last stage of a tough journey under the best of circumstances, and I hope candidates will stay encouraged and focused." CFA managing director of credentialing Peg Jobst commented that the institute ...

Pinnacle folds boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
Pinnacle Investment Management shuttered one of its affiliates just two years after it acquired a stake. Reminiscent Capital, a discretionary Asian macro strategy, folded in November 2021, resulting in a $1.8 million write off. Pinnacle hoped that Reminiscent ...

Frontier recruits two senior consultants

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... currently looking to fill a range of additional roles, including very senior client consulting and specialist research roles. We hope to progressively announce these appointments in the coming weeks."

Australians plough record cash into managed funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
Australian investors put almost three times as much cash into managed equity funds in 2021 as they did in 2020, according to the latest Fund Flow Index from Calastone. Fund inflows rose to $35.7 billion across all assets in 2021, up from $13.6 billion ...

Australian billionaires double fortunes during pandemic: Oxfam

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... inequality, including by imposing higher tax rates on the rich and acting against monopolies. "This provides us with some measured hope for a new economic consensus to emerge," Morgain said. "Here in Australia, and globally, there is a shortage of the ...

UK wealth firm eyes Aussie expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
A global wealth management group based in the UK has discussed plans to expand into Australia, with a keen focus on Sydney. Scotland's Gladstone Global Advisory intends to expand its wealth management operations, concentrated on Sydney, Kuala Lumpur ...

Advice firm targets teen financial literacy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JAN 2022
A financial advice firm is tackling high school graduates' poor financial literacy head on in a bid to equip them with essential wealth skills for the future. Purpose Advisory director and adviser Tristan Scifo has launched More than Before, an online ...

Plato readies new ESG strategies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
The Pinnacle boutique is understood to be pitching two new ESG equities offerings to institutional investors. Financial Standard understands that Plato Investment Management has been meeting with institutional investors in recent weeks to discuss its ...

MLC Life adds to retail distribution team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
The life insurer has made a series of appointments to its retail distribution team in the hopes of strengthening its licensee and adviser relationships. Four new additions have been made, reporting to general manager of retail distribution partnerships ...

Aussies less confident about retirement age

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... are confident about retiring at the right time, lagging behind those in the US (84%), Canada (84%) and the UK (76%). Aussie hope to retire at 61 years old on average, yet nearly one quarter are delaying retirement until 71. Only 13% expect a hard stop ...