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Wen's visible hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... forecasters is that they view China through western eyes. Unlike western democracies, whose governments rely on what Adam Smith termed the "invisible hand": that is, economic actors (consumers, producers, borrowers, lenders, investors, etc.) acting in ...

Unlocking the door to adviser education

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... advice improves lives." "I think we have a duty of care for all the people we don't advise." AFA education chairperson, Adam Smith reiterated the AFA's commitment to education as one of its core pillars going forward. "This award epitomises what the ...

Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... government should not intervene in legal transactions between economic agents. This philosophy is closely tied with Adam Smith's "invisible hand". Smith postulated that an economic system that allows individuals to pursue their own self-interest free ...

Desert storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... Libyans or the Egyptians or the Tunisians... but because of self-preservation. At this point, I call to the stand... Mr. Adam Smith. In his book, "The Wealth of Nations," Smith wrote: "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the ...

Fox elected AFA president

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
Brad Fox is the AFA's newly-elected national president, taking over a two-year term alongside new vice president Adam Smith. Fox, previously on the AFA board as the representative of the GenXt (AFA's sub-group of members made up of the younger advisers) ...

Campbell wins 2009 AFA Adviser of the Year

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... marketing manager; Graham Peatey, Encore principal; Peter Sobels, riskinfo managing director and Klipin. Last year, Adam Smith from HPH Solutions and Paul Daily from Invamore Financial were the joint award winners. The awards night capped off another ...

AFA announces Adviser of the Year finalists

... and were handpicked from a record number of nominations this year. Last year, AFA had a joint winner for the award. Adam Smith from HPH Solutions and Paul Daily from Invamore Financial were last year's awardees. The winner will be announced at the AFA ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... workers, investors - are the government. We are the economy. And we respond to changing circumstances aimed at - in Adam Smith's words - "promoting our self-interest." What did we do to dig ourselves out of the hole? We gave ourselves handouts and tax ...

Adviser education bar too low

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... professionally - then yes I think you need to have the skills and qualifications to do what you need to do," he said. Adam Smith, an adviser who specialises in risk, estate and succession planning for the SME market, said that a Bachelors degree is merely ...

Oil up, equities down: Feng Shui Index

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... Grain prices is forecasted to rise in October and November, universities are predicted to dismiss the teachings of Adam Smith as socialist ideals come in vogue and a finance scandal is expected that will make Bernard Madoff's investment swindle look ...