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FASEA exam results spark debate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... certificate saying that they passed the exam, some advisers had questions. Financial Standard understands that advisers did not receive a mark or a breakdown by section of the exam - they simply got a pass or fail. Over 90% of advisers passed, but not ...

Chief economist update: Bonds do the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... policy accommodation on August 7 supports the bond markets' dim view over the prospects for economic growth and inflation. Not only that, a Bloomberg report (dated July 23) shows that it's already preparing for the worst. "In a paper presented ...

Westpac fined over reporting failure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
APRA has handed Westpac the maximum financial penalty it can for failing to meet reporting obligations. Westpac and its subsidiaries St George Finance Holdings and Capital Finance Australia will pay more than $1.5 million after breaching requirements ...

Why do we need royal commissions, Hayne asks

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... what it says about our democracy. "The increasingly frequent calls for Royal Commissions in this country cannot, and should not, be dismissed as some passing fad or fashion," Hayne said in a speech made at Melbourne Law School on July 26 but published ...

Chief economist update: Race to the bottom redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... negative. This means that central banks are again virtually giving money away to anyone who wants to borrow. Businesses would not want to borrow money because demand for their goods and services are weakening due to the global growth slowdown resulting ...

AMP profits dive, chief pay restructured

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... submitting Buyer of Last Resort notices and other factors resulted in a revaluation of client registers. The AMP board decided not to declare an interim 2019 dividend - at least until the completion of the sale of AMP Life. AMP Life earnings of $31 million ...

AustralianSuper eyes $1.48bn in Indian infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... Indian Industry. Earlier this month, IFM Investors chief executive Brett Himbury said the industry-super-owned fund manager is not yet looking for opportunities in India.

Fossil fuel holdings cost BlackRock investors $90bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... investment results of third-party indices. "Index managers such as BlackRock seek to replicate the performance of the index and do not select or exclude one company over the other based on our views of a company. Index providers determine which companies ...

BT advice boss lands new role

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... the invitation to participate in the company's executive share option plan as long-term bonus, the details of which were not stated. Xplore is also paying him a signing bonus of $100,000 in cash and the option to buy 750,000 shares in the company ...

Nikko insto sales lead joins $53bn manager

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
A $53 billion global asset manager will welcome Nikko Asset Management's head of Australian distribution to lead its new local office. Eddy Schipper will join Epoch Investment Partners as managing director, in a newly created role encompassing client ...