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AFA expands support for paraplanners

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... heard." Pulse will have its first networking event - a breakfast featuring Michelle Hoskin as speaker - at the AFA Conference in August. Hoskin is the founder of the UK certification body for financial services standards, Standards International, and ...

Association names new chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... August. SAFAA chief executive Andrew Green announced his intention to step down at the association's recent annual conference. Succeeding him will be current Shareholders Association of Australia chief executive Judith Fox. Fox has led the ASA since ...

Chief economist update: BOE flips tightening bias to easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... have changed the Bank of England's (BOE) tightening bias. In his speech at the Local Government Association Annual Conference and Exhibition in Bournemouth, BOE governor Mark Carney declared that: "For now, a global trade war and a No Deal Brexit ...

MetLife, AFA call for more diversity in advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... helping women achieve their career goals. The grant will see 15 professional development packages, which include AFA Conference registration for 2019 and attendance at AFA events including masterclasses as well as ongoing events and networking support ...

John Key under fire

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... also denounced Key for blaming the capital requirements mistake on a "low surrogate" at the bank. Key said in a press conference the issue was created by a "mistake" caused by a "junior staffer" at ANZ New Zealand. The independent reviews come after ...

Chief economist update: Fed plans for Trump contingency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... What matters more is the forward guidance implicit in the FOMC Statement and chair Powell's words at the press conference that followed and, the economic projections and expected path of the fed funds rate going forward. "The Committee continues ...

How key is gender in retirement outcomes?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... Asher, Mercer senior actuary David Knox and Rice Warner founder Michael Rice took to the stage towards the end of the conference to offer a range of options "for a better, integrated system of retirement". Taking the crowd through current trends such ...

Advisers not prepared for exam: AFA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... a note out to members yesterday, asking them to tell us if they're sitting the exam and we'll set up a tele-conference and gather feedback so that we can relay that information to members," he said.

Chief economist update: The greatest challenge of our time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... the 'Great Recession' of a decade ago. So what gives? US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at his press conference after the FOMC's March meeting. Powell warned below-target inflation is "one of the major challenges of our time", saying ...

Healthcare property a buy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... in a new private hospital in Kanwal, NSW," Smith said. His comments were made at the Property Funds Association 2019 conference this week, where the theme was 'critical change'.