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CFA releases disappointing pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... most challenging to pass in the financial industry. The 2021 results are the lowest in CFA's history. Since 1963, the average pass rate are as follows: 42% (level one), 46% (level two), and 56% (level three). CFA president Margaret Franklin said ...

Inflation to hit ASX returns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... abounds. At the same time, the Australian stock market is trading at valuation multiples markedly above the long-term average," vice president of investor solutions at SigTech Daniel Leveau said. "If history were to repeat itself, higher long-term inflation ...

2021 lined homeowners' pockets: Data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
According to new analysis, super fund members that started 2021 with $100,000 in super, had an average house and owned some shares, ended the year about $170,000 better off. And that's after-tax and in addition to their salary, Rainmaker Information ...

ASIC exposes RE structure conflicts of interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
... directors. Only four in 10 REs had mostly independent directors. Other than their RE board roles, the directors had an average of 6.7 external commitments, spending 10.1 days per quarter on such commitments. ASIC is urging the managed funds sector to ...

Plato launches net zero fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
... the strategy has so far achieved a return of 8.29%. Its benchmark, the MSCI World Index, has achieved 4.38%. "We know an average sized SMSF invested in the ASX 200 requires 3135 trees to get to net zero, so I think this new fund is a game-changer for ...

Packhorse secures premium pastoral land

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
... breeding conditions," he said. "The upside for investors is not only capital appreciation that has been growing at an average of 7.5% per annum for the last 20 years, but also a regular income stream from the cattle agistment model." According to Murrell ...

Emerald City becomes hot spot for investors

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... upgrading older office assets to meet ESG mandates; core-plus investments; or acquiring prime assets with shorter weighted average lease expiries (WALEs) to negotiate more competitive rents," Chopra said.

Global dividend income growth to continue: Plato

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
... model shows just an 8% chance of dividend cuts in global developed markets," Pennell said. "This is below the long-term average, which bodes well for strong dividend growth as we move into 2022. "While global equites are often overlooked by income investors ...

Financial services vulnerable to insider cybersecurity threats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
... study found that insider threats had increased by a significant 44% in just two years. Financial services has the highest average cost of these insider attacks - at an average of US $21.25 million annually spent on insider cybersecurity threats. That ...

Tasmania leads economic recovery

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... South Australia (up 22.4%) also experienced a surge in house prices over the period. Overall, the national house price on average rose by 22.1%, slightly lower than the 22.2% recorded in November 2021, which marked a 32-year high. "Australia's state ...