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End of the road for advice qualifications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
Described as the 'end of an era', the Diploma of Financial Planning and Advanced Diploma of Financial Planning have been removed from the national regulator's register of vocational education and training. On November 3, the Australian Skills ...

JobKeeper saved 700,000 jobs: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
One in five Australians who received the JobKeeper payment would not have stayed employed this year without it, according to a research paper from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The Morrison government announced a series of fiscal measures at ...

Regulator continues crackdown on product adverts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
ASIC has placed a stop order on another fund after it found radio advertisements compared the fund to term deposits and did not include proper risk warnings. The stop order was placed on advertisements for the Skyring Fixed Income Fund prohibiting it ...

Industry fund names new group insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund has ended its longstanding relationship with OnePath, naming a new group insurer to take over in the New Year. The $9 billion industry fund said it undertook a comprehensive review and tender process ...

Bloomberg indices to rebrand

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
Bloomberg will rebrand one of its widely-referenced indices on 24 August 2021. The Bloomberg Barclays fixed income benchmark indices will soon be known as the Bloomberg Indices. The move is part of a co-branding agreement with Barclays Risk Analytics ...

Chief economist update: Vaccine optimism sparks AUD resurgence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
The Australian dollar is back! Back above the US$0.73 level that is. The Australian currency rose to around this level back in late-August/early-September after the US Federal Reserve announced a shift into a lower for longer strategy - suggesting that ...

AMP Capital shutters Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
AMP Capital has decided to close its 19-year old sustainable share fund, after its portfolio managers Genevieve Murray and Emily Woodland announced their resignations in August. In a notice sent to investors on Friday, AMP Capital attributed the closure ...

Vatican shakes up financial management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
By orders of the Pope, the Vatican has a new financial manager. Pope Francis declared that the administrative management of the Vatican's funds should be transferred from the Secretariat of State to the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic ...

Former Financial Circle director charged

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
Former Financial Circle director Joshua Fuoco has been charged with managing a corporation whilst disqualified. Melbourne-based Fuoco was charged with four offences following an ASIC investigation. He was charged with three counts of managing a corporation ...

Cashwerkz director departs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
Cashwerkz has announced the retirement of a long-serving non-executive director. Nathan Leman had been on the board since 2010 and took responsibility for the design and implementation of the corporate infrastructure including IT projects. Throughout ...