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Advisers divided over health programs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... alleviate the triple challenge of admin, compliance and heightened regulation, and at the same time, help them build stronger and longer lasting client relationships," Choi said. Industry wide, overall satisfaction with life insurers remains steady and ...

ASIC defends enforceable undertakings at Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... less serious than an EU]." "In a range of other instances it is generally put to us that licence conditions can be a stronger outcome than an EU," he said. Kell gave an example: Commonwealth Financial Planning's undertaking and the way in which there ...

Philanthropists should reimagine data management: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... comes to data. Even if intentions are good, any misuse or accidental sharing of data by an NFP organisation may have stronger negative implications for that organisation than it would for many profit-driven businesses, and may even erode trust across ...

Chief economist update: Do nothing RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... wages will but the experience du jour in other economies show that this may be a long time coming. The US and the UK have stronger labour markets than Australia, yet wages growth there remains low. Still, the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England ...

One measure not enough to revoke MySuper: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, APRA also called for enhanced powers, saying its experience led it to believe stronger powers can help in achieving enhanced supervision outcomes - even if they aren't necessarily used. Specifically, APRA ...

Chief economist update: The Goldilocks rate of interest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... adjusting for inflation. However, the latest data suggest that economic growth in the second quarter was considerably stronger than in the first." On wages and inflation he said: "wages are growing a little faster than they did a few years ago" and "core ...

Chief economist update: Steady at 24 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... point to solid growth in employment" but "wages remain low" and is "likely to continue for a while yet, although the stronger economy should see some lift in wages growth over time. "Inflation is low and is likely to remain so for some time, reflecting ...

Chief economist update: Draining the swamp

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... (against major currencies) has risen by 7.7% from its 2018 low and by 4.7% this year to date. The US dollar will only get stronger given the still solid growth momentum in its economy - the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) Manufacturing PMI increased ...

Chief economist update: Three ayes for a rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... of easing inflationary pressures for the BOE (because of these speculations), there's the risk to growth from the stronger currency and brewing trade war and then there's the lingering uncertainty of Brexit. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics ...

Chief economist update: Fed flattens the yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... is in great shape. Growth is strong. Labour markets are strong. Inflation is close to target." Perhaps, growth is even stronger. The movement in the dot plots indicates that Fed participants now expect another two more rate hikes (instead of one) for ...