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Chief economist update: That other Fed policy towards normalcy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... coincides with the increased bond supply. The US Treasury expects to issue an extra US$1.3 trillion of bonds this year to finance Trump's tax cuts and fiscal spending.

Half of Australians don't have a will

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... likely to not have wills (54%), while Queenslanders are the most likely to have one (47% don't have wills). Finder personal finance expert Kate Browne said Aussies need to act even if they don't have a large estate. "Most people don't like to think about ...

ASIC offers fee relief to drought-affected farmers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
ASIC is offering assistance to drought-stricken farmers and related businesses suffering from financial hardship. The corporate regulator will offer information about available financial counselling services and provide company fee relief to those affected ...

Insurance shake-up puts clients first

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... need standard cover to extend to life insurance," Berrill adds. Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) chief executive Prue Willsford commends the steps the industry has taken to establish the Life Insurance Code of Practice. ...

FSU, FSC respond to interim report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
The Finance Sector Union has welcomed the release of Commissioner Hayne's interim report, labeling it an important first step in reforming the financial services industry. FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano said the union agrees wholeheartedly ...

AMP Capital divests $440m from tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... Nations General Assembly meeting in New York last night, AMP Capital also signed on to the newly-launched Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge. The pledge urges financial services organisations to adopt tobacco-free finance policies developed in line with the ...

MSCI launches tobacco exclusion indexes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... exclusion indexes includes ACWI, World, EAFE, Japan and EM offerings. The launch coincides with the launch of the Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge at the UN General Assembly this week. The pledge encourages signatories to consider the adoption of tobacco-free ...

Chief economist update: Surplus here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... Australia's deposed prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, must be wishing the report was released sooner so that it wasn't Finance Minister Mathias Cormann telling us, Australians all, that: "We came into government with a plan to deliver stronger ...

AFA launches consumer advice expo

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
... fun, entertaining and interactive format, it [the expo] is designed to help break down barriers, to make the world of finance more accessible and more easily understood and to help point consumers in the right direction to access financial advice." A ...

Advisers granted stat dec authorisation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
Financial advisers now have the status to sign statutory declarations under Commonwealth law. Advisers are now recognised as an additional category of people who are authorised to witness a Commonwealth statutory declaration, as outlined in the new ...