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One regulatory regime enough: FSC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
The Financial Services Council echoed the advice of Commissioner Kenneth Hayne in its call for a "significant" simplification of the regulatory system for tax and financial advisers. In a submission to the independent review of the Tax Practitioner's ...

Chief economist update: Jerome is in the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... filled... so are expectations of US recession. Powell could use his Jackson Hole speech to put the onus back on Trump and echo the Wall Street Journal's words: "Cut the Trump Uncertainty Tax...His best stimulus policy would be to end his tariff c ...

Advice associations weigh in on member interests bill

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
The peak bodies representing financial advisers have taken similar positions on the Government's latest round of superannuation reforms. In submissions to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee on the Putting Members' Interests First Bill ...

Chief economist update: ECB to leave no policy tool unturned

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
When the European Central Bank (ECB) concluded its Governing Council meeting on the June 6, not only had it announced to keep monetary policy settings unchanged - repo at 0.00%; marginal lending facility at 0.25%; deposit facility at -0.4% - but it ...

Associations raise member outcomes concern

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
Superannuation industry associations are voicing their concerns over the proposed member outcomes framework, worried there is a disconnect between the law and APRA's expectations. APRA is busy working through submissions for Prudential Standard ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
Mexico (and the world) is breathing a sigh of relief after Trump's tweet "indefinitely" suspending his tariff threat against America's southern neighbour. But POTUS being Trump, he's exploited this "win" to issue fresh tariff threats versus ...

Chief economist update: The rate cut Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe is set to be remembered in history as the man who took Australia's official cash rate from a historic low of 1.5% - set under Glen Stevens one month before he stepped down as RBA head honcho in September ...

Advisers wary of unlisted assets: Sunsuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
Many financial advisers believe unlisted assets lack transparency and are illiquid, growth investments. At the Sunsuper Adviser Roadshow in Sydney yesterday, an audience of advisers was informally polled on their thoughts about alternative, unlisted ...

Advisers agree on fair salary: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... $75,000 and $95,000 are also reasonable. The results from respondents, predominantly working in the financial advice industry, echo the latest adviser salary guide from Kaizen Recruitment. Kaizen Recruitment found that an associate adviser with less ...

Chief economist update: AUD misdirection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
Early New Year predictions the Australian dollar would depreciate by the end of 2019 have been given a boost by the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) 'World Economic Outlook, April' report where it shaved its world GDP growth forecast ...