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CFA final exam pass rate declines

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023
... last year, respectively. It is also lower than the 10-year average pass rate of 52%. However, it was higher than the historically low pass rate of 42% in 2021. CFA managing director, education at CFA Institute Chris Wiese said that the CFA Program is ...

Internal teams gain decision-making power: Frontier

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
Where chief investment officers were historically considered by fund managers to be the most influential person at a superannuation fund, fresh insights from Frontier show the balance of power has steadily shifted. According to Frontier, in 2017 about ...

Inflation data not encouraging: Powell

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
... declining inflation has not come at the cost of meaningfully higher unemployment. "A highly welcome development, but a historically unusual one," he commented. He said the restoration of supply chains, along with the rebalancing of demand and supply ...

Bennelong inks distribution deal with Leadenhall Capital Partners

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023
... securities (ILS) strategies to institutional investors in Australia and New Zealand. According to the fund manager, ILS historically exhibit a low correlation with traditional investment markets and associated economic conditions. Bennelong said this ...

ReCALIbrate grant winners announced

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
... consumers understand their life insurance needs, secure adequate cover and, at claim time, get benefits paid. "Women have historically been under-represented in our industry and at industry conferences more broadly, which are important events for education ...

Mine Super, TWUSUPER commit to merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
... were exploring a merger in December 2022, saying "the two funds share a strong heritage of "member first values" as historically important profit to member industry super funds. The Memorandum of Understanding followed TWUSUPER's failed attempt at merging ...

New fund targets 'blue chips of tomorrow'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023
... opportunities which are mispriced relative to large cap peers," Datt Capital chief investment officer Emanuel Datt said. "Historically small caps have been less efficient than large caps which, while carrying more risks, also provide more opportunity ...

EQT launches new wholesale fund down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... markets." EQT partner and global head of wealth Peter Beske Nielsen added that private individual investors have historically faced large barriers to entry when looking to invest into private markets due to a variety of factors such as high investment ...

ASFA, Super Consumers Australia revise retirement standards

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023
Australian retirees continue to face cost pressures as historically high consumer price inflation drives up the price of everyday items, driving both the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) and Super Consumers Australia (SCA) to increase ...

Industry fund cuts insurance costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... a significant event notice, First Super also set the record straight on how the fund credits investment earnings. Historically, investment earnings have been completed monthly as a crediting rate, applied to member accounts upon exiting the fund or as ...