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FASEA yet to determine bridging courses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... and confirmed there is currently no approved AQF 8 bridging courses for existing advisers looking to commence study. In March, FASEA released guidance under which all existing financial advisers are required to complete at least some units of an AQF ...

Natixis acquires credit specialist

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... within our multi-affiliate model and provide our investors access to a unique new range of private debt strategies." In March, Natixis launched a global equities ESG fund that assessed companies on eight sustainable development themes: energy, resources ...

Aussie asset manager cops ASIC intervention

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... misappropriation of $1 million of investor funds by the firm's former chief financial officer Betty Poon. Aurora paid back the funds in March this year, having already terminated Poon's employment once it discovered the unauthorised transfer of funds ...

Australian Unity creates IFA leadership role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... group subsidiaries Millennium3 and Financial Services Partners. He replaced Steve Davis who departed Australian Unity in March.

Chief economist update: Chinese dragon now a bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... from April's 7%; Retail spending slowed for a third consecutive month to 8.5% in May from 9.4% in April and 10.1% in March. But while that prickly external account showed that China's trade surplus narrowed to US$24.9 billion in May from US$28.8 ...

Chief economist update: Rate hike hawks in RBA dove's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... provides lessons for the impatient. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) lifted interest rates four times from 2.5% in March 2014 to 3.5% by August of the same the same year. No one can fault the RBNZ, annual GDP growth accelerated from 1.7% in the ...

CBA restructures executive leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... improving CBA's credit risk, operational risk and compliance in what the bank described as a critical time. Williams left ANZ in March after 15 years, having also previously served as head of institutional banking in Australia and New Zealand. He will ...

Super startup returns to drawing board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... confirmed its inaugural chief executive, former J.P. Morgan Asset Management executive Pascale Helyar-Moray left the startup in March to pursue other opportunities. "At the time of her departure, the board of Human Super thanked her for her hard work ...

Chief economist update: Three ayes for a rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... Policy Council (MPC) voted to raise the Bank Rate at its June meet as against only two when it convened in May and nil in March. The three who voted 'ayes' have good reason for doing so because as stated in the Monetary Policy Summary: "In the ...

Russell Master Trust COO departs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... expanding its superannuation alliance, developed in partnership with Link Group in 2013. Nationwide Super joined the alliance in March as part of a move to reduce fees for members and small business owners. "The alliance model allows Nationwide a unique ...