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CPA, CAANZ designations approved

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... Securities Institute/FINSIA's graduate diploma of applied finance and investments with 1991 to 2007 commencement, where the study included either investment management stream or financial planning related electives. If the adviser completed the above ...

FASEA exam was fair: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... them as "brave." These advisers are likely to be confident in their abilities, but haven't been given adequate time to study, he explained. This week's spot poll asks if the Federal Government should appoint an independent body to calculate deeming ...

Aussie HNWIs slip down global rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
Australia's high-net-worth population slumped in the rankings of a global wealth study as millionaires shifted their portfolio to cash amid share market uncertainty. According to Capgemini's annual World Wealth Report, the number of Australian ...

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... sovereign investors fell as equities posted strong gains. The results are from Invesco's Global Sovereign Asset Management Study conducted with 130 individual sovereign investors and central bank reserve managers across the globe representing $20.3 trillion ...

Boutique advice firms merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... Standard, Twelve Wealth founder Cathryn Gross said her firm was facing capacity issues as a result of the need for her to study to meet FASEA requirements and the increase in compliance. "Over the last four years I have always kept an open mind about ...

Genetic tests no barrier to life insurance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... highlighted the fact that research into how genes can predict illness is still developing at a rapid pace. Chen brought up a study which - in small part - informed the moratorium in which two groups were offered genetic testing - one group was told about ...

Chief economist update: Cash is King

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... onwards and upwards towards normalisation to whoops, we've gotten ahead of ourselves - would be an interesting case study for each and every student of economics and finance. To be sure, the Fed's pause, forward-guided in the first quarter of ...

More Australians retire with big mortgages

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... homeowners between ages 55 and 64 that owe money on mortgages has tripled since 1990 - from 14% to 47%, according to the study from RMIT and Curtin University. The average mortgage debt-to-income ratio among those with mortgages has also blown out in ...

University to probe reverse mortgages

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... income. From July 1, they will be available to a wider set of Australians after changes from last year's budget. The new study is funded by the university and Household Capital, which provides retirement funding solutions to retirees. It will investigate ...

Advisers not prepared for exam: AFA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... taking the exam in the first round are likely to be confident in their abilities, but haven't been given adequate time to study. They are due to sit the assessment at the end of the month. "I'm aware of a few people who are sitting the exam. ...