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The 50 names you need to follow

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
Here they are - the 54 names you need to follow at the AFA 2017 National Adviser Conference. Yes there are more than 100 speakers over the next three days but if you cover off these 54 names above, then Financial Standard believes you're likely to collect ...

India's upside risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... already hampered by stressed balance sheets of banks and corporates." Moreover, "Consumer confidence and overall business assessment of the manufacturing and services sectors surveyed by the Reserve Bank weakened in Q2 of 2017-18." These prompted the ...

As clear as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
Seven in two. Seven Fed officials over the past two days have spoken, putting forward their individual rationales over the rationality or not of the Fed's ongoing path towards normalisation given the prevailing strong growth/labour market and below ...

Fed does the thinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
Well that was a bit of an anti-climax, wasn't it? The much-awaited US Federal Reserve's 19-20 September FOMC meeting produced little, if any, surprises. Interest rates were kept on hold this month but will be lifted by another 25 basis points to 1.5% ...

AMP launches LIF-ready resource

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... LIF should not be looking at advice until after the framework is fully implemented on 1 January 2020. "The correct assessment is vitally important to both consumer trust as well as previous suggestions that LIF is just a transition phase to level commissions," ...

The rise and impact of insurtech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... intelligence, and digital distribution channels should result in accelerated market penetration, more accurate risk assessment and pricing, more personalized solutions, more efficient operations and processes, and most importantly, improved customer ...

Not happy enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
Australian consumers are happier in September than last month. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute (WBC-MI) index of consumer sentiment jumped by 2.5% to a reading of 97.9 this month from 95.5 in August with nearly all the survey's sub-indices recording ...

The pointy end of super regulation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
With the risk of market turmoil subsiding, super funds are now contending with preparing for two key pieces of industry regulation. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference on the Gold Coast, new AIST ...

APRA issues warning to underperforming super funds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... members to another product. "APRA will soon write to each of the RSE licensees of RSEs identified as a result of APRA's assessment to request their respective boards to meet with APRA to discuss our assessment," Rowell wrote. "These RSE licensees will ...

Robo-adviser scores investment banking partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
A provider of digital advice has secured a partnership to roll out its flagship service to an Australian investment bank. Ignition Wealth will now provide digital advice to clients of APP Securities, the brokerage and investment banking firm formed ...