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February exam records 67% pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... the exam have passed. About 15,850 of the total pool are current financial advisers on ASIC's Financial Adviser Register (FAR), representing 99% of the register. There were over 890 candidates completing their professional year of work and training. ...

Rest switches up recruitment focus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... across the team, in line with Rest's whole-of-fund approach. Essentially, recruiting is influenced by internalisation, how far funds are down that path and whether they have met their targets. Accordingly, many super funds are hiring specialists ...

RBA rate rises up in the air: Economists

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... policy decision in April. In an economic outlook provided by Aird, he said two out of four domestic data releases have so far been published. "The NAB Business Survey was robust and the unemployment rate dipped to 3.5% in February from 3.7% in January," ...

Regulators prioritise emerging areas of risk

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... funds are already doing. "It's been a very open conversation, sharing case studies of real-life examples. The focus so far has been on really mapping out the key sorts of milestones in the lifecycle of a member and what might be vulnerabilities along ...

Don't wait for QAR: Press

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... 2010 and we were talking about retirement products then." Press said she isn't convinced that the industry has moved very far since - but it needs to. "Because it's hard but we need to, and I think that's the reality, we need to think about ...

Menopause: The silent economic crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... lunch twice a week, you can be paying more than you would if you're providing this policy. And I think that the gain is far greater than a free lunch." Since introducing the policy, the super fund has made the details of it publicly available on ...

Professionalise sustainability within funds: Panel

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... all other aspects," he said. "That's the opportunity here, it's professionalising sustainability." He explained how far the industry has come by highlighting the change in language relating to ESG. "ESG was once voluntary, now we have moved into ...

Jones to prioritise CSLR legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... pursue compensation by other means. Similarly, Jones wants to expedite the passage of the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR), which will put more accountability on senior executives running banks, insurance companies, and superannuation funds. The ...

ASX shifts slightly on Credit Suisse, First Republic

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
The ASX rebounded slightly this morning following the overnight bailouts of First Republic Bank and Credit Suisse, but has since remained unsteady. This mornings slight jump - 0.3% - was pretty modest, CommSec senior economist Ryan Felsman told Financial ...

Early super release scheme a mistake: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has warned against repeating the early release of super scheme that gave unrestricted access to retirement savings. The early release of super scheme allowed individuals to withdraw up to $20,000 of their retirement savings ...