Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 891 - 900 of 4122 results for "Nov"

Equip, corporate fund merger complete

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
Equip has finalised its latest successor fund transfer, adding $765 million to its funds under management. The fund's merger with BOC Super was official as of November 1, with Equip welcoming about 3000 new members in the process. BOC is a supplier ...

David Atkin to lead PRI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
The former Cbus chief has been appointed the new chief executive of the Principles for Responsible Investment, replacing Fiona Reynolds. David Atkin will take over as chief executive of the PRI on December 10, following Reynolds' decision to step ...

Economic recap: Week to October 29

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
By most accounts, Jacinda Ardern's island has succeeded in combatting the coronavirus pandemic. As at October 26, worldometer.com data showed that New Zealand ranked among one of the countries in the world with the lowest case of COVID-19 infections ...

AMP adds options to MyNorth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
AMP added 23 new Australian equities and exchange traded funds to the MyNorth Managed Portfolios menu and launched an educational paper for financial advisers. The new offerings include single-sector equity portfolios across large cap, mid and small ...

eToro expands crypto offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
The multi-asset investment platform has added 15 new cryptoassets to its platform for local investors and will introduce staking from next week. The new additions bring the number of cryptos offered by eToro to 36 and include Solana, Cosmos, Shiba Inu ...

Macquarie Equities awards back-office mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
Macquarie Equities awarded a third-party clearing and settlements mandate to Third Party Platform. TPP, the subsidiary of ASX-listed Bell Financial Group, will begin servicing Macquarie Equities' private bank and wrap platform this month. TPP has ...

MetLife upgrades adviser platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
MetLife Australia unveiled a new digital platform for financial advisers to cater to regulatory and product changes that took effect this month. Key product changes follow APRA's reforms to income protection which kicked off in October. The platform ...

Exam pass rate steady at 60%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
The September financial adviser exam pass rate was stable at 60% but continues to fall below the overall pass rate of 88.5%. The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's latest examination statistics show that more than 1300 candidates sat ...

Commonwealth Financial Planning to shutter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
Commonwealth Financial Planning is closing, Commonwealth Bank announced today. From today forward, Commonwealth FP cannot take on any new financial advice clients. Existing advisers and clients will have until November 30 to work out next steps, before ...

Harvey Kalman joins Raiz

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
Former Equity Trustees global head of business development Harvey Kalman will chair Raiz Invest. Kalman is currently board member and chair of the audit and investments board committee for the Menzies Foundation and chair of the Financial Planning Advisory ...