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Chief economist update: Betting on down rather than up?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
"...the next move in the OCR could be up or down". This was a fair enough hedged bet from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) - more like the oft-repeated statements from other central banks saying "the risks are evenly balanced" - but Governor Adrian ...

Lose grandfathered commissions, lose business: MLC

KARREN VERGARA AND JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... advisers and their clients would move elsewhere if the grandfathered commissions ceased - to which Carter answered, "That is a fair statement." By definition, Hodge said the point of grandfathered commissions means members don't have entitlements ...

ASIC identifies potential risks in ETP market

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
ASIC has identified three potential risks in the $40 billion market for exchange-traded products, following a review triggered by SMSFs and retail investors' growing investment in the vehicles. The three risks in the ETP markets were: temporary widening ...

HESTA boss wins FEAL award

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey has been recognised as the 2018 Fund Executive of the Year at the Fund Executive Association Limited (FEAL) awards held this week in Sydney. Blakey was recognised for leading a program of change at the $46 billion ...

Leading philanthropic couple honoured

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
One of Australia's leading philanthropic couples received the top honour at the 2018 Philanthropic Awards. Nicola and Andrew Forrest were recognised as Philanthropy Leaders of the Year at Philanthropy Australia's annual awards night held at ...

Chief economist update: Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
Forget John Maynard Keynes. Forget David Ricardo. A new economic sheriff is in town and his name is Donald J. Trump. POTUS has gone against Keynes' counter-cyclical prescription by increasing fiscal spending - tax cuts and increased expenditure ...

Three attempts at adviser exam is fair: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... structure and 65% scaled pass score as proposed by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) is deemed fair and reasonable, according to the majority (62%) of participants we polled last week. About one-third (34%) of respondents disagreed ...

Advisers demand self-licensing regime: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... to 311. Financial Standards latest poll asks if three attempts to pass FASEA's proposed Financial Adviser Examination is fair and reasonable.

CBA should have done more: Federal Court

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
The Federal Court judge who slapped the Commonwealth Bank with a $5 million pecuniary penalty over its role in setting the bank bill swap rate said the bank should have better supervised its staff. Justice Beach of the Federal Court delivered the assessment ...

Industry expert joins SMSFA board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
A self-managed superannuation fund specialist is joining the board of the SMSF Association on September 1. Verante Financial Planning director and financial planner Liam Shorte will replace Andrew Gale, who is stepping down after a six-year tenure. ...