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Female planner tops CFP program

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... planners to strive towards." The next Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award winner will be announced at the FPA Professionals Congress in November. The award, which is funded by the FPA and valued at $1000, is awarded to the CFP certification student who achieves ...

US Senate votes down adviser fiduciary rule

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... votes it means about a dozen Democrats crossed floor in favour of the Bill. The Senate's vote follows the lower house of Congress passing a similar Bill last month. The reform to compel retirement advisers to act in the clients' best interests and limit ...

Market confidence marches in March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... its RRR and more are expected from Beijing in the way of both fiscal and monetary actions after the National People's Congress' concludes. In addition, although the latest US non-farm payrolls report - up by a bigger than expected 242K in February - ...

Crouching services, contracting manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) will open on the 3rd of March and the more important, National People's Congress (NPC) will start on the 5th and lasts approximately 10 days. Financial markets expect that the Chinese government will ...

Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... lift-off. But in case there's still any doubt, allow me to replay what US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told the US Congress' Joint Economic Committee only less than a forthnight ago: "... I anticipate continued economic growth at a moderate pace ...

US Fed cleared for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... lift-off rising to 80%. But after the strong US jobs numbers and overlayed with US Fed chief Janet Yelland's words to the US Congress' Joint Economic Committee a day prior that... 100K is O-K, lift off is 100% on its way. "To simply provide jobs for ...

Robo-advice is WALL-E, not Terminator

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... rise of technological tools that automate some parts of financial advice was one of the main themes discussed at the FPA Congress in Brisbane. But rather than seeing the issue as a threat, advisers were encouraged to look at it as an opportunity. In ...

ASIC sees potential for "large scale loss" in robo-advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... could lead to "large scale loss" for clients of robo-advice systems. Speaking at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) Congress in Brisbane, ASIC senior executive leader of the financial advisers team, Louise Macaulay, outlined the regulator's strategy ...

FPA awards associate adviser of the year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... interests of clients and providing the highest quality financial advice," FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said at the FPA Congress in Brisbane. "I firmly believe that quality financial advice changes lives, and that's what I try to achieve for my clients," ...

FPA promises continuity in leadership succession

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... changed, despite the leadership reshuffle. "We have just changed the bus driver," he said. Speaking to the media at the FPA Congress in Brisbane, Kendall said: "We are still on the same journey." Kendall said that current chief executive Mark Rantall ...