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Financial advice key for world in reverse: Geldof

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... to receive financial advice. The keynote speaker at this year's Association of Financial Advisers' National Adviser Conference, Geldof referenced figures suggesting just 50% of the younger generation will keep their financial adviser after that wealth ...

Adviser education renews ethics focus

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... because they must. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will address ethics at its upcoming National Adviser Conference. Click to view the conference program. Roy Morgan research shows the advice profession has, at the high end, maintained its ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... powerful platform to build on over the coming quarters. Latest survey and data releases corroborate this. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index had strengthened in July (120.0) and August (122.9) compared with all three months of the second ...

Not showing: inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... on Domestic Monetary Policy" at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) Mid-Year Economic Update conference in Adelaide. To add, not only would an appreciating exchange rate "counteract the benefit to the Australian economy of faster ...

Is the Fed the victim of its own success?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... be due to lowered inflation expectations. Why spend now when prices aren't rising (even softening) anyway? The Conference Board's consumer sentiment survey showed that "12 months ahead" inflation expectations fell to a reading of 4.6% in June from 4.7% ...

Hawkish central banks? Not the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... helped. The last time Kuroda spoke was after the Japanese central bank's 15-16 June meeting. At this post-meeting press conference, the BOJ governor stated that, while the BOJ expects "inflation to gradually accelerate ahead,... There's some distance ...

AFA executive joins standards board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... respected designation across the world," Hakes said. In other news, the AFA has announced details of its 2017 annual conference to be held on the Gold Coast in October. Speakers will include Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer ...

US labour market covfefe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... the third month of sequential decline since the 5.4% expansion recorded in January this year. The lead from the Conference Board's consumer confidence index offers no reprieve. US consumer confidence weakened for the second straight month in May - down ...

ASX creates more opportunities for investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... exposure to offshore markets and technology companies, says ASX chief executive Dominic Stevens. Speaking at yesterday's Conference of Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers, Stevens outlined the development of an ASX 'sweet spot' capability for attracting ...

Eurozone ascending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... any indication, don't expect any changes in ECB monetary policy settings anytime soon. Coure told his audience at a conference at the Paris School of Economics that, "When interest rates are negative some people complain, we think that it clearly contributed ...