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AAT slashes adviser ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
... will now end on 24 April 2025. Between 30 September 2009 and 28 September 2015, Betalli was an authorised representative of Count Financial, and after that went to HNW Planning. He runs Betalli & Associates, a tax and accounting business, and The FP ...

Adviser exam yields 70% pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
The latest financial adviser exam results show that 70% passed the June sitting. Some 235 candidates sat the exam, with 165 passing. Of the total, 158 did so for the first time. There has been a total of 21,260 candidates who sat through an exam. Over ...

New technology chief joins GROW Inc.

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
GROW Inc. has appointed a chief technology officer, recruiting a former Canva and Google executive. Wendy Glasgow was named in the role, joining the growing administrator last month. She will leverage her global experience in technology and data to ...

HESTA returns 9.1% to members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
HESTA's default MySuper balanced growth option has returned 9.1% over the last financial year. The option has averaged an annual return of 7.62% over the past 10 years. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said that despite ongoing uncertainty in financial ...

Corporate borrowing hits all-time high despite interest rates

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
The world's largest listed companies took on US$378 billion of net new debt last financial year, driving corporate debt to an unprecedented US$8.18 trillion, according to Janus Henderson's latest corporate debt index. While significant, the increase ...

ASIC takes action against Guildfords FM, director

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
ASIC has cancelled the licence of Guildfords Funds Management and banned its managing director Robert Payne for their involvement in the collapse of Magnolia Capital Group. ASIC found "significant and systemic failures of oversight and compliance" upon ...

ETF price war heats up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
Leading exchange-traded product (ETP) investment managers - Vanguard, Betashares, BlackRock, and VanEck - which command about 70% of the Australian market, reduced their asset-weighted fees by 8% in the 12 months to March, according to Rainmaker Information. ...

Partners Group launches private infra fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
Partners Group will launch a new private markets fund for local high-net-worth investors. The new private infrastructure fund is an Australian unit trust based on the Partners Group Next Generation Infrastructure strategy, which recently launched in ...

Nominations open for FS Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
Nominations for the 2024 Financial Standard Power50 are now open as we recognise the country's most influential advisers who continue to raise the standards for the profession and provide outstanding service to clients and the wider community. This ...

Long-term optimism for APAC despite short-term hurdles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
The short-term outlook for APAC may appear cautious but long-term investors will remain attracted to the fundamental growth potential of the region's emerging markets, according to an Alternatives in APAC 2024 report from Preqin. Preqin analysts maintained ...