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Chief economist update: Small business is big business

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... highest level in the survey's 45-year history. The details of the survey indicate that the July 1983 peak could even be broken over the next few months (if not next month) with the NFIB revealing that: "A net 8% of all owners (seasonally adjusted) ...

Farmers should urgently access super: Advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... apply for the FHA, are few and far between, she said, adding that once farmers are back on their feet and the drought has broken, they can top up their super and plan for retirement.

FSC aggregates insurance industry data

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... a large scale base of reliable statistics, the industry will be able to show how much it pays in claims per impairment, broken down by dollar value and by the number of Australians that receive the benefit," Loane said. The data will help insurers design ...

Pressure mounts on regional advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... practitioner practices in regional Australia prior to the AFSL shuttering. Practicing in locations such as Colac, Scone, Broken Hill, Balaklava, Ilrymple and Forbes, many of these lone advisers are - or were - one of less than six operating in the area. ...

ASIC admits AMP inaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... mischaracterisation of the report as independent. ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell said confirming or suggesting that the law had been broken by individuals was "going a little too far for us." "I think there's a couple of things to keep in mind, one ...

Now showing: Trump and Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... nuclear-weapons programme since 1992, when Kim Il Sung, the grandfather of the current despot, Kim Jong Un... The North has broken many promises to forgo nuclear arms". As for Trump, he just recently withdrew the Iran nuclear deal made with Obama and ...

Advisers react to Royal Commission revelations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... begins with the truth. The larger institutions may see an exodus of disillusioned clients whose trust has been irreparably broken. Stand-alone practices like Ethical Investment Services (EIS) are likely to have these clients knocking on their doors as ...

Australia's wealth gap deepens: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... Australia will grow by 46% over the next five years, to about 1.7 million. Oxfam Australia chief executive Helen Szoke said a "broken" economic system which concentrates on the wealth of the rich and powerful is fuelling an inequality crisis. "While ...

Majority ready for MiFID II: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... particularly for over the counter (OTC) trades and every discussion related to executing trades must to be stored - even broken trades have to be recorded and kept in a vault, he said. He urged Australian entities with financial instruments within a ...

Former Fidante-aligned boutique targeted by UK regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... infringement decision, the FCA issued a statement of objections to all four firms, outlining how and why it believes they have broken competition law. It also allows the accused the opportunity to respond via written and/or oral representations. River ...