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Japanese sun rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
"Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, And I say it's all right..." - The Beatles The rally that propelled the Nikkei-225 index to its highest level last week lingers. On 11 October, Japan's benchmark equity market index rose by a mere 0.28% but its ...

Soft skills the new pages in adviser playbook

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
AFA chief executive Phil Kewin said the 2017 National Adviser Conference is deliberately focused on the soft skills financial advisers need in their tool kits as Australians become more dependent on advice for financial wellness. Speaking at a media ...

The 50 names you need to follow

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
Here they are - the 54 names you need to follow at the AFA 2017 National Adviser Conference. Yes there are more than 100 speakers over the next three days but if you cover off these 54 names above, then Financial Standard believes you're likely to collect ...

Time to start factoring in an RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... the previous month and the 0.1% August gain in other retailing represents a sharp slowdown from the 1.1% increase in July. Yes, one swallow does not a spring make...but these are two swallows now - back-to-back monthly declines. "August's fall was the ...

Profit margin squeeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... consumers due to a mix of increased household electricity costs, flat income growth, and relatively poor consumer confidence." Yes, Virginia, we're back to the problem that is Australian consumers. Apart from record high household debt to disposable ...

Interest rates on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... quarter. Factor in headline CPI inflation of 1.9% over the same period and we get... nada, zilch, bupkis growth in real wages. Yes Virgina, we're working just to standstill. Yet, we're borrowing up to our eyeballs. Our household debt as a percentage ...

Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... the manufacturing PMI survey releases showing that the world's biggest economies are all - not some - "floating" above 50. Yes Virginia, one and all are tracking above the 50-point line that delineates expansion from contraction. In the US, Markit's ...

Advisers face tax registration risk

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
About one-fifth of financial advisers are at risk of being unable to legally charge for the tax advice they provide according to the Tax Practitioners Board. Data released by the board yesterday shows that of the 1100 renewal reminder emails sent to ...

Transparency to the max

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... cautioned that these ultra-low readings (the VIX index's long-term average is around 20) could imply investor complacence. Yes, there's none of that from Madam Yellen this time. What gives? I could only surmise that what gave are the central banks giving ...

The BOJ's educated hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... prices as well as financial conditions, with a view to maintaining the momentum toward achieving the price stability target." Yes Virginia, it's steady as she goes into abnormality "until the year-on-year rate of increase in the observed CPI (all items ...