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Dismal pass rate for latest CFA exam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... 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 CFA Institute has moved to computer-based exams rather than paper exams and remote proctoring in some jurisdictions. ...

GigSuper eyes $1.5m raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... pre-money valuation of $8.1 million. It follows a similar but much smaller raise in May 2020. "We launched just prior to the pandemic [on 4 January 2020], the real focus of the business over the past 12 months has been the financial benefit we can deliver ...

Pandemic hasn't killed retail: Airlie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... supportive of them handing that back." Australian retailers, Fisher said, have transformed their balance sheets during the pandemic. Despite lockdowns leading to a fall in foot traffic in shopping malls, she said retailers are sitting on "piles of cash". ...

CommIF ups hospital stake

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... fit for the CommIF portfolio, given it as an essential service for the state and is integral in managing the ongoing pandemic for the local community. "CommIF investments have helped develop and support critical health infrastructure across Australia ...

Economic recap: Week to July 23

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... "anchoring the recovery". As ECB president Christine Lagarde declared in June: "We have to take the economy through the pandemic and into a recovery phase, which has now started. We need to really anchor the recovery." In Asia, the Tokyo Olympics commenced ...

Victorian government agency hunts for fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... annum shortfall in early-stage capital in Victoria, and this gap has widened as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic," Jasper said. "The Victorian Startup Capital Fund will be a massive boost for the Victorian startup sector, providing much ...

Sydney world's strongest luxury real estate market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... Everett-Allen said luxury real estate prices are being boosted by favourable stimulus policies, low interest rates and the pandemic leaving many flush with savings. "Government fiscal stimulus measures have been revised upwards, protecting jobs and incomes ...

Eliminating debt prioritised over pension contributions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... from their employer (up 31% from 2016). J.P. Morgan AM vice president of retirement insights Alexandra Nobile said: "The pandemic highlighted the need to be prepared for the unexpected, with emergency savings accounts prioritised by participants, particularly ...

Economic recap: Week to July 16

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... the country's unemployment rate dropped to an 11-year low of 4.9% in June - below the March 2020's (when the pandemic and lockdowns began) 5.3% and the eight-consecutive month of decline in the jobless rate. Overseas, the biggest market mover ...

ROA relief guidance released

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... The ROA must have a brief explanation of changes in the client's relevant personal circumstances as a result of the pandemic. It must also have a brief recommendation and the reasons for such recommendations. They urged advisers to keep a file on ...