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AI no silver bullet for advice process, documentation: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... Travis Carter, who helps advisers with technology solutions. Carter told the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) Congress on day two that advisers need "to be careful" with how AI is used. This includes all advice firm employees taking data ...

Self-regulation on the cards: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... qualified to take control of education and training, code of ethics, and disciplinary regime," he told the annual FAAA Congress held in Brisbane. "We are a profession. We should expect to be treated as such, and we should take control to regulate ourselves." ...

'New class of advisers' need clear-cut distinction: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... the looming Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) Tranche 2 reforms. Addressing the first day of the 2024 annual Congress, FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood proposed some ground rules around the advice NCAs should and should not be able to provide. ...

Gensler to leave SEC in January

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
... Commissioners, Allison Herren Lee, Elad Roisman, Hester Peirce, Caroline Crenshaw, Mark Uyeda, and Jaime Lizárraga. I also thank Congress, my colleagues across the U.S. government, and fellow regulators around the world." Trump has not yet nominated ...

Fed cuts rates as Powell is questioned on Trump win

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates overnight, in line with market expectations, but chair Jerome Powell faced a raft of questions over President-elect Donald Trump returning to the White House. The Fed continued its policy easing cycle with a 25 ...

US election: Global investors fear inflation boom

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... victory are resounding, the longer-term impact is still unclear and will remain so at least until the final make-up of Congress is known," Shah said. Shah said if Congress is divided, Trump's ability to advance his agenda on taxes, spending and regulation ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... non-profit USAFacts evaluated, peaking in 2010 at US$964.4 billion when former President Barrack Obama was in charge. Congress has shelled out US$175 billion to the Ukraine since Russia's war in 2022. Some 30,000 civilians since have been killed ...

Harris vs Trump: Key economic policy differences

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
... reverse half of the corporate tax cut from 35% to 21% that was supported by President Trump and the Republican controlled Congress back in 2017," he said. However, Cunneen said Trump's proposals would have a more dramatic impact on global trade and the ...

FAAA announces 2024 awards finalists

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... us celebrate commitment, talent, and passion within our profession." The winners will be announced at the annual FAAA Congress in Brisbane on November 28. Separately, the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) named its 2024 ReCALIbrate grant recipients. ...

Markets look to US rate cuts as inflation falls

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) has indicated that a cooling labour market has alleviated inflation pressures, signalling to investors that interest rate cuts could be on the horizon. June's US consumer price index (CPI) data revealed a rise of 3% from ...