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ASIC totally unprepared for advice reforms: Tynan

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
Connect Financial Service Brokers chief executive Paul Tynan believes if the Royal Commission has made anything clear, it's that ASIC is in the dark about how to police financial advice misconduct. Speaking to Financial Standard, Tynan said the key ...

AMP's buyer of last resort measures scrutinised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... advised the relevant AMP staff that there was no legal basis for such a rule. When asked by Hodge whether that came as a surprise, Regan said: "No, it's not a surprise that it's not lawful. It's obvious." Follow Financial Standard for ongoing coverage ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of retail sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... the reported 0.6% increase in retail spending over the month of February could be treated none other but a very welcome surprise. The latest result took the annual rate of growth in retail sales up to 3% from 2.1% in January. Wait, there's more! According ...

Chief economist update: Just a hiccup in a rising trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... other details of the Conference Board's latest survey also showed 71.9% of respondents expect higher interest rates... surprise, surprise. As for Wall Street, 35.4% of US consumers expect stock prices to increase over the next 12 months, down from 40.1% ...

Pengana drives WHSP finance portfolio up 43pct

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... of negotiations between Hunter Hall and other fund managers triggered by then-Hunter Hall chief executive Peter Hall's surprise departure from the company in December 2016. During that time, Hunter Hall received takeover bids from Pinnacle Investment ...

AFA working to bust FASEA myths

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers has moved to placate its membership under any belief that tertiary degrees completed more than 10 years ago will not be recognised by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority. In a statement on its website ...

Gesundheit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... returns in China (6.6%), Indonesia (20.0%), Malaysia (9.5%), Indonesia (13.7%) and Italy (13.6%). It therefore came as no surprise when the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept policy steady - repo rate at 6.0% and reverse repo at 5.75% - when it met on ...

Chief economist update: RBA stuck in slow inflation lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
"Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose." Jean-Baptiste Aphonse Karr's immortal epigram - translated as "the more things change, the more they stay the same" - best describes the goings-on over the past 24 hours. There were no surprises at the Fed's ...

HNWI growth outpacing super: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... report revealed that only 21% of the above $1.2 trillion is invested through Australia's wealth management industry. "No surprise, then, that so many investment managers and advice groups profess a desire to reach this market," Rainmaker said. "HNWIs ...

Majority ready for MiFID II: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
A majority of Australian financial services firms said they were confidently ready for the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID) reforms that took effect on January 3, according to Financial Standard's weekly spot poll. More than half ...