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Chief economist update: Chinese green shoots?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... financial system via its MLF (medium-term lending facility) loans to banks and the prior week's announcement reduction of the one-year MLF loans from 3.30% to 3.25% -- the first cut since 2016 - and at the same time injecting CNY400 billion (US$56.94 ...

Update on FASEA code guidance on the way

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... seek to provide clarity across the standards. What we don't want to do is get down to something that just speaks about one standard, because that doesn't sit with how the code is intended," Glenfield said. "It's understandable, people want ...

First green bond ETF listed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... Euro or US dollars, are rated investment grade at a minimum Standard & Poors or Moody's Investor Services, be at least one year old, have senior or higher ranked debt instruments and are fixed rate. Bonds will also be assessed on an annual basis ...

Planners heed SMSF risk warning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... warning them their SMSF did not meet diversification requirements. About 99% of the SMSFs concerned were invested entirely in one asset class - property. The action came on the back of a CFR report earlier this year in which the CFR said there are pockets ...

Planners can prevent financial abuse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... Rights of Persons with Disability protects people's freedom to make their own decisions - understanding this, he said, is one of the key ways to provide dignified financial services to a disabled client. Dignity of risk, Johns explained, is an important ...

Chief economist update: Lower rates still fail to animate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... announced the first of its three rate cuts (so far) on the 4th of June. Perhaps, the RBA is correct in its optimism that, "one day my prince will come", and eventually the lagged effects of monetary policy will flow through into the general economy. ...

How it can all go wrong

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... notice asking for specific documents came in November 2017 and a hearing the following June saw him banned for four years. One of the problems with his advice was, even though some clients came to him asking specifically for SMSF advice, he still was ...

How much a self-licensee spends on compliance

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... Mark Stephen. His dealer group has 220 advisers and 60 self-licensed planners. "Roughly 20 to 30% of an adviser's time - one that is a key revenue producer - will be spent on compliance," he said. But Martyn thinks self-licensing can still work for ...

FASEA exam tips from those who passed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... 6200 advisers have sat the exam or signed up to sit it in an upcoming session, Glenfield explained that accounts for about one quarter of the advisers on ASIC Financial Adviser Register. Newton provided some practical insights for undertaking not only ...

Tech-powered is empowered: SOAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... efficient way, the best client outcomes can be reached," FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said. The future of advice delivery is one where every client is given their own individual, tailored experience based on their unique communication and behavioural ...