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Economic recap: Week to August 6

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... that cases of new infections rose to a six-month high of 131K last week. Anthony Fauci -- director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the chief medical advisor to the president - warned that cases may double in the coming ...

ANZ adds former CFSGAM exec to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
... meeting. She is currently a non-executive board director at BHP, Medibank Private, Stockland and The Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute. Her past non-executive board positions include CSL, Transurban and Energy Australia. During her executive career, was ...

Natixis hires sustainable investing lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
Natixis Investment Managers has named a new global head of sustainable investing who joins from affiliate Mirova. Nathalie Wallace joins on September 1 and will be responsible for leading the fund manager's ESG commitments across its distribution ...

Dismal pass rate for latest CFA exam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... difficulty of exams has varied over the years, the pass rate for level one has never fallen below 34%, according to the institute's records. From 1964-2021 the pass rate for level one has averaged out at about 42%. Through the COVID-19 pandemic, the ...

Vale Murray Wyatt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... on retirement issues for other industry bodies including the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants. A practising accountant since 1972, in 2000 Wyatt received the CPA Australia Henry Fox Award, the ...

Governance Institute of Australia names chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
The Governance Institute of Australia has named a former superannuation association chief executive as its new chair. Pauline Vamos joined the national membership association for governance professionals in July. She replaces Andrew Leake, who was president ...

Maths an unpopular subject with high schoolers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
Only 30% of Australian year 12 students study maths at intermediate or high levels, according to the Actuaries Institute. It found a quarter of them are not studying any maths at all. About 7% of female students and 12% of male students study advanced ...

AMP shakes up advice service model

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... giving advisers the freedom to leave the network with their clients from 2022. As part of a new service model it will institute within its aligned advice network, AMP said it will "release its institutional ownership of clients from AMP Financial Planning ...

Greenwashing scrutiny needed: Evergreen

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... greenwashing and mislabelling of funds. Meanwhile, ASIC's work continues. ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour told the Australian Institute of Company Directors recently that the regulator is applying scrutiny to the labelling of ESG funds and will continue ...

Consultation opens for approved courses

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... (Relevant Providers Degrees, Qualifications and Courses Standard) Determination 2020. These courses include the Australian Institute of Management's graduate diploma and bridging courses, the University of Tasmania graduate diploma and bridging courses ...