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Deflation is the Darth Vader of the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... closed 1.4% down and the Dow came off by 1.1%. The FOMC maintained that "Based on its current assessment, the Committee judges that it can be patient in beginning to normalize the stance of monetary policy". Though it noted that, "Market-based measures ...

AMP's Hillross crowns best advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... charities. The Hillross Awards Program is open to certified financial planners (CFP) in the dealer group's network. A panel of judges from across the industry, including Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall assessed and judged ...

SMSF court case highlights penalty uncertainties

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... behaviour when the first contravention report was filed with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO)." However, he noted that judges often take earlier court cases as a reference to establish penalties. "In this case, the penalty is not as high as it could ...

Forward guidance at its best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... Get ready for an interest rate lift off then? Well, errr... not quite. This is because the monetary policy council (MPC) judges that there's around 1.0% slack in the economy - and along with "them" - has changed the inflation outlook for the economy. ...

Financial Standard unveils Digital Dozen in social media

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... amplification of their social media message, creativity in execution and vision. Each application was assessed by a panel of judges, which included sponsor judges Richard Dunkerley, Head of Marketing - Life and Investment at Zurich A (@rdunkerley ) and ...

QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... because... "Although inflation in the near term will likely be held down by lower energy prices and other factors, the Committee judges that the likelihood of inflation running persistently below 2 percent has diminished somewhat since early this year." ...

AFA awards finalists announced

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... Dominique Bergel-Grant, Kate McCallum from Multiforte Financial Services and Sarah Riegelhuth from Wealth Enhancers. The judges of the awards have taken into account education, experience, leadership within the profession, advocacy and innovation. An ...

Calendrically weak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... slip'? But shouldn't financial markets welcome this? After all, the Fed has repeatedly stated that it would do so only if it judges that recovery has become self-sustaining. What's not making news is that Wall Street might just be performing based on ...

'As expected' changing expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... statement) "The Committee sees the risks to the outlook for economic activity and the labor market as nearly balanced and judges that the likelihood of inflation running persistently below 2 percent has diminished somewhat." (30 July). Yup, you got that ...

Abetz backed FSC in case against FWC, Federal Court reveals

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... the Minister to the same conclusion as the applicant, namely, that the Expert Panel was not properly constituted," the judges wrote. In giving their reasons, Justices Gilmour, Flick and Perram concluded: "In making his direction that he should fill the ...