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AFA shuffles board, names new president

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... Nowak's tireless advocacy on behalf of the AFA as the Royal Commission reforms have continued unabated and the COVID-19 pandemic created major operational challenges for the AFA and its members. "As vice president, I had a unique insight into how ...

Super executives switching options in conflict: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
... results of surveillance into investment switching by super fund executives during market volatility at the start of the pandemic, finding possible conflicts of interest. ASIC looked at a sample of 23 trustees (including trustees of industry and retail ...

Economic recap: Week to October 22

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
It wasn't so long ago - before the COVID-19 pandemic struck to be precise - that every other central bank around the planet were hopin' and wishin' and prayin' for consumer price inflation to, at the very least, move higher to within ...

Fed to ban policymakers stock, bond trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... Federal Reserve president Robert Kaplan both faced public scrutiny in recent months over stock trades made during the pandemic. Rosengren retired on September 27 citing health reasons, while Kaplan resigned the same day and said the focus on his investment ...

Abrdn launches new strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... MSCI World Index of -0.6 or lower. In March 2020 when the MSCI World Index fell 13.23%, during volatility sparked by the pandemic, the GRM Strategy returned +34.62%. "Returns have been plentiful over the past decade as policymakers have kept interest ...

Advisers query super changes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
... will not take any action against the fund so long as the relief is on commercial terms due to financial impacts of the pandemic. This also applies to loan repayment relief provided by an SMSF. Advisers also had queries about property ownership despite ...

Students opt for healthcare over finance: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021
... (20%), than in finance (17%). However, nearly half of Aussies are reassessing their career paths because of the COIVD-19 pandemic and want to prolong their university studies. More than half (57%) expect to have multiple careers over their lifetime. ...

FPA reveals 2021 award finalists

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
... great to see financial planners guiding thousands of everyday Australians through the financial stress created by the pandemic and an increased engagement between Australians and their financial planner in the last 12 months to seek reassurance for personal ...

Economic recap: Week to October 8

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
... inflation (low-flation). Case in point, US headline CPI inflation averaged 1.84% in 2019 (the year before the covid-19 pandemic struck) at the same time that the average jobless rate has fallen to 3.7% -- the lowest level since the late 1950s. The same ...

Advice on ageing key to future success: CFPs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
... It also found that 66% of CFP professionals increased efforts to make their offering more virtual during the COVID-19 pandemic and most expect at least 40% of their client meetings will continue to be virtual in future. Finally, asked why they think ...