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AFA gives Education, Michael Murphy awards

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... Australians. "We know that increasing both the technical and practical education of advisers is vital to improving consumer confidence in our profession," he said. The other finalists were Harvest Wealth's Lyn Heaysman, Wealthwise's Joseph Hoe, Powe ...

Retail responsible investment up 24pct

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... finance industry was taking stronger positions on issues such as tobacco and fossil fuels and there was growing consumer confidence in responsible and ethical investments. The report said retail responsible and ethical investments are continuing to grow ...

Make it December (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... Thursday." (AFR) This because of fresh US data releases that disappointed - big time. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index dropped to 90.9 in July vis-A -vis June's 99.8 reading and expectations for a 100 print. This is the lowest reading ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... futures contract was down 41 points at 5,496. In local economic news on Tuesday, the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey is due out. No major equities news is expected, however, Fairfax Media chief executive Greg Hywood is slated to speak ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... the Reserve Bank of Australia's monthly board meeting minutes are expected while the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey is also due out. Meanwhile, Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev is slated to speak at a Deloitte business lunch ...

Lift-off on Carney's mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... sales went up by 4.6% in the year to May following a similar increase in the previous month. Recent data on consumer confidence indicate continued increases in consumer spending. The GfK/KPMG consumer confidence index jumped to a reading of 7 in June ...

David Koch joins forces with Adviser Ratings

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... time, plagued by numerous financial planning scandals. "Adviser Ratings is an important initiative to rebuild consumer confidence in the industry. I am especially excited to be involved in Adviser Ratings' foray into the financial literacy space and ...

QIC asks government to step up, break toxic cycle

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... The government should step up and introduce fiscal stimulus to the economy to break a dangerous cycle of low consumer confidence and low investment as Chinese demand plummets, QIC said. QIC chief economist Matthew Peter painted a gloomy outlook of the ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... Locally on Wednesday, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment and the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey are due out. And in Brisbane, Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens speaks at an Economic Society of Australia lunch. ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... led by large declines in technology shares and airline stocks. Locally on Tuesday, the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey, ANZ job ads figures for May and the National Australia Bank's monthly business survey for May are due out. The Australian ...