The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper

READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 711 - 720 of 1269 results for "Labor"

FoFA changes delay tax-deductible advice: Ripoll

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014

... tax-deductible advice. "But the biggest problem at the moment is that the government is lowering these standards by amending Labor's FoFA legislation," he said. In its pre-budget submission, the FPA recommended that the government prepare an initial ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP | FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014

... 331,000 from 351,000 the previous week. The improvement in claims, a sign of the pace of layoffs, came a day ahead of the Labor Department's January job growth and unemployment data. In local economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia issues ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014

... candlestick maker are all sitting tight is because it's coming... very soon... this Friday. Yes Virginia, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is set to release the mother of all eco stats - the US Private Non-farm Payrolls Report - this coming Friday. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP | THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014

... January, slightly above the 53.8 level expected by analysts. Analysts do not expect significant market swings ahead of the Labor Department report on January job growth and unemployment on Friday. LONDON - European equities failed to get a boost from ...

FoFA reforms put professional standards at risk: Ripoll

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014

... provisions and conflicted remuneration reforms as the industry has been "screaming out for a lift of the standards." "It was Labor who did the heavy lifting, who lifted the standards of the financial services industry...I would expect the industry will ...

Aussie employment outlook 'slightly dismal': Sloan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014

... combined with a failure of other sectors to pick up the slack. She also put a case for blaming the worsening situation on Labor's Fair Work Act. "There's now a lot of uncertainty. You'd have to think that with state governments and the federal government ...

FPA condemns FoFA fear mongers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014

... Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. On 20 December 2013 Assistant Treasurer Anthony Sinodinos announced amendments to Labor's FoFA reforms that delivered notable reprieves for financial planners, including the removal of the opt-in requirement ...

Market Wrap

AAP | MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014

... really neither here nor there in my book," he said. In the United States on Friday, markets closed mixed after the monthly Labor Department report said the US economy added 74,000 jobs in December - well below the 197,000 expected by analysts. On the ...

In praise of the gloom and doomers

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014

Market Wrap

AAP | MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014

... report. At 0645 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,286. The monthly US Labor Department report said the world's biggest economy added just 74,000 jobs in December, well below the 197,000 expected by ...

PAGE:

Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:01PM

Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI | 11:30AM

The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:13PM

L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 11:50AM

Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

Videos

Brought to you by

Product showcase: A guaranteed future

SMILE through retirement - tackling the top 5 (Sequencing, Market, Inflation, Longevity, Emotion) retirements risks

Strength amid noise

The market has changed. The opportunity hasn't.

Follow the leaders

Maintaining a fundamental focus in a world obsessed with the short term

Global economic outlook and the case for local currency emerging market debt: Resilience, risk, and opportunity

MORE VIDEOS

Products

'Guide To' Series

Pocket investment guides featuring adviser case studies and a glossary.

MORE INFO

Publisher's Forum

Investing trends and strategies from the industry’s thought leaders.

MORE INFO

Product Showcases

Putting the spotlight on investment products that matter.

MORE INFO

Expert Feed

Christian Mueller-Glissmann

Head of Asset Allocation Research

Goldman Sachs

When geopolitics becomes a portfolio risk

Geopolitics is back - again - and Australian investors can no longer treat it as distant background noise.

READ MORE

Tania Milnes

General Manager Membership

Financial Advice Association Australia

Does association membership still matter?

With all the changes the advice sector has experienced in recent years, such as regulatory reform and increased education and professional standards ...

READ MORE

Effie Dimitropoulos

Chief executive

AUDD

Digital assets and where they stand in 2026

So far in 2026 digital assets have captured the headlines largely for the wrong reasons, but that doesn't tell the full story.

READ MORE

Jessica Sclafani

Global retirement strategist

T. Rowe Price

Rethinking default design in a changing market environment

The evolution underway in the US DC system highlights the value of periodically reassessing default design assumptions.

READ MORE

Industry Events

MORE INDUSTRY EVENTS

JUL

Advisers Big Day Out - Geelong

Featured Profile

MORE PROFILES

Blake Briggs

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL

Since becoming chief executive, Blake Briggs has renewed the Financial Services Council's influence, expanded the membership base, and strengthened its policy and advocacy credentials. Karren Vergara writes.

READ MORE