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Chief economist update: Super Mario's last hurrah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... ECB's last monetary policy meeting held on the July 25. Because, as he put it: "The risks surrounding the euro area growth outlook remain tilted to the downside, reflecting the prolonged presence of uncertainties related to geopolitical factors ...

REP 515 divides advice community

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... Phil Anderson says the financial advice community has been split in two by the corporate regulator. Providing a policy outlook at the AFA National Conference in Adelaide, Anderson asked delegates whether they were experiencing the pain of ASIC's ...

Advisers band together: AFA Conference 2019 kicks off

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... of panel discussions on topics such as the future of the life insurance industry, the future of advice and an economic outlook. "We wanted to make the conference experience feel different from the time we launched it and we want to continue that feeling ...

Chief economist update: RBA heading to zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... rates, recent tax cuts, ongoing spending on infrastructure, signs of stabilisation in some housing markets and a brighter outlook for the resources sector" would support the domestic economy, it remains unsure about "the outlook for consumption". More ...

Workplace deaths missing from ESG reports: ACSI

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... rate, but there is little detail of the severity of injuries unless they are fatal, the report said. There is a positive outlook for ESG reporting trends, however, with standards having "improved significantly" and one-third of companies giving their ...

Chief economist update: Fed cut and Trump's war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... statements allude to the ongoing Sino-US trade skirmish as one of the major risks to their respective domestic economic outlook. The longer this goes on, the greater the uncertainty that is now hindering business investment - both in the US and its trading ...

Advice resilient under pressure: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... the industry if the full recommendations from the Royal Commission are implemented. However, data shows the industry's outlook as a whole remains positive. This is a key finding from Investment Trends' 2019 Licensee Satisfaction Report which further ...

IFM Investors reports $114m in FY19 profits

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... more in Australia, in listed and unlisted debt and equities, in light of political stability and economic and investment outlook. ISPT joint venture is not yet deploying its capital but the leadership and governance is in place, with investments to follow ...

Chief economist update: A case for optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... with the drop in business confidence indicated by the NAB Business Survey. This is consistent with their view over the outlook for the economy. The "Economic conditions next 12mths" sub-index sank by 12.3% to 87.1 in July (below the long-run average ...

Chief economist update: BOE flips tightening bias to easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... information on economic activity, on balance, has become somewhat more downbeat, and uncertainties about the economic outlook have increased." These are, more or less, the same conditions that appear to have changed the Bank of England's (BOE) tightening ...