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US default risk: Are credit default swaps signalling trouble?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... exceeding levels observed during the 2008 global financial crisis," he said. "In such a scenario, we would anticipate that Congress would move quickly to resolve the situation; however, a default would call the relative economic and political stability ...

Advice industry must change as population ages: Expert

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... it's financial advice that will need to pivot, the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds has heard. Professionals Congress London Business School professor Andrew Scott appeared via video explained the shift toward an "evergreen economy" away ...

US interest rates may go higher than expected: Powell

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
... Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee following the submittal of the semiannual monetary policy report to Congress. The report stated the US labour market remains extremely tight and to bring inflation down it will likely require a period ...

FPA and AFA set to merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
... and logo, forming a new board and transitioning members. The transition is expected to complete by 1 July 2023. The FAA congress is expected to take place in November. "This is a historic day. We are coming together at a critical time, when we have a ...

Strengths and weaknesses in DC systems: Comparison

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... consumer financial protection bureau and the department of Labor which oversees ERISA-regulated retirement finance. In Congress, there are also multiple committees overseeing financial services, leading to regulatory and legislative arbitrage. Contrastingly ...

Advising through disability implications

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... impacts of disability, with planners sandwiched between highly anxious clients and tough systems. Speaking at the FPA Congress, Health & Finance Integrated chief executive William Johns discussed the main issues for planners and how to proceed to the ...

Chuck out Chapter 7: Broome

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... to regulation for advisers, Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act is not fit for purpose. Addressing the crowd at the FPA Congress 2022, Broome said that for 90% of what she does as a planner, she doesn't need an AFSL. "Until I start talking about products ...

AFA, FPA merger in best interests

CASSANDRA BALDINI, CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... reason enough. However, a secondary benefit is scale, Sharpe explained. "Scale to provide bigger events like the FPA Congress, scale to provide better CPD and education like our Masterclass series," he said. "Scale to provide services and tools that ...

Financial planning avatars are the future

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
Alongside a panel of experts at the FPA 2022 Congress held in Sydney, FPA chief executive Sarah Abood was asked what she expects the advice sector to look like in 2023, and her answer involved the metaverse. "I'm an optimist when it comes to technology ...

The game changing trends planners should know about

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... that we cannot afford to ignore," he said. Financial Standard is the official media partner of the 2022 FPA Professional Congress.