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Code of ethics still the main game: FPA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... professional development (CPD) standard. The FPA will host FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield at the 2018 FPA Professionals Congress this week in Sydney. It will be Glenfield's first public address. The FPA's head of policy and standards also briefly ...

FASEA clarifies adviser exam rules

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... consumers." The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) will host FASEA's Glenfield at the 2018 FPA Professionals Congress this week in Sydney. It will be Glenfield's first public address. FASEA said legislative instruments are progressively ...

FPA award finalists named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... Association of Australia announced the 2018 finalists for its suite of awards, to be presented at its annual Professionals Congress in November. Vying for the title of FPA Certified Financial Planner Professional of the Year is Michael Carmody of Viva ...

NAFTA's dead, welcome USMCA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto in 60 days before being sent to the US Congress for final approval. According to reports, Canada agreed to lowering barriers in its dairy market, stronger intellectual ...

Chief economist update: The Goldilocks rate of interest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... cause economic activity to slow. Ho-hum. US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's prepared testimony before the US Congress (and even in the Q&A session) offered very little forward guidance - it was mainly a playback of what markets already know ...

Chief economist update: New Fed chief, same policy direction (but more transparent)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... will depend on the economic outlook as informed by incoming data." My point is that Jerome only underscored to the US Congress the path that Yellen has already laid out. And Powell admitted as much: "I want to express my appreciation for my predecessor ...

Australia overdue for company tax cut: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
More than half of the respondents in Financial Standard's weekly spot poll said Australia should follow the United States' lead and drop the corporate tax rates to as low as 21%. The US reduced its corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% effective 1 January ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... for the AustralianSuper Personal Plan, and took home the Investment Innovation and Leadership Award. FPA Professionals Congress In November about 1100 delegates resided at Hotel Grand Chancellor in Hobart to cover all the bases financial planners need ...

Pre-Christmas delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... for Christmas. With final passage of this legislation, that is exactly what they are getting." (Donald Trump) The US Congress passed the long-awaited US$1.5 trillion tax reform package that will cut the US corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% and ...

Powell power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... anything earth-shattering in US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's testimony before the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress overnight where she discussed 'The Current Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy'. Growth is gaining momentum, inflation ...