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Stockspot hires from Vanguard

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... clients including SMSFs, and accountants and advisers with whom Stockspot shares clients. https://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/vanguard-super-appoints-board-179363111 She joins Stockspot after 18 years at Vanguard, where she worked in distribution ...

Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... against major currencies, except for the safe haven Japanese yen and the safe haven commodity, gold. While there was good news on Australia's labour market, business and consumer sentiment indicators suggest this wouldn't last long. The economy ...

CBA to publicise misconduct

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
The Federal Court has imposed orders on Commonwealth Bank that require it to publish notices on its website and newsroom for charging higher interest rates on business overdraft accounts than what it advised its customers over a four-year period. CBA ...

Record low CFA pass rate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... Chartered Financial Analyst exam hit a record low, with some theorising that the pandemic interfered with preparation. After news that level one candidates suffered a dismal pass rate of 25% for the May exam, level two and three candidates have not performed ...

Booming market for financial services jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
... for roles Kaizen observed in the market last quarter was $139,000 and the highest salary it saw was $300,000. And, in good news for jobseekers, Kaizen said it has seen an increase in counteroffers from employers when they are notified of a resignation. ...

Benchmarks for super property investments selected

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... (Unfrozen) have been selected by the Australian government as the performance test benchmarks. The index provider welcomed news that two of its indexes had been selected. It noted that as super funds increasingly invest in unlisted property and infrastructure ...

Economic recap: Week to August 6

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... inconvenience - a contraction in third quarter GDP - before it gets back on track in the December 2021 quarter. There were good news in the US labour market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that non-farm payrolls grew by 943K in July. This ...

Goldman Sachs hires for family office offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
... group at Goldman Sachs, based in London. He previously worked at Barclays and Macquarie Group, both in Sydney and London. News that Goldman Sachs wants to work with family offices in Australia comes as several other businesses make the same move. In ...

News Corp grows Dow Jones with acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
News Corp is expanding Dow Jones by entering into an agreement to acquire the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) from S&P Global and IHS Markit. OPIS will fold into Dow Jones' Professional Information Business (PIB) which includes Dow Jones Risk & ...

Pandemic hasn't killed retail: Airlie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... Fisher told Financial Standard that companies including Premier Investments and Nick Scali prove COVID-19 was not all bad news for physical retailers. "A lot of these businesses received JobKeeper, and for the retailers they had the added benefit of ...