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Pre-Christmas delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... and in 2019. However, the passage of the tax cuts (and its expected boost to business and household spending) would undoubtedly lead to a demand-driven lift inflationary pressure that could force the Fed's hands into a more aggressive tightening. Recall ...

Soft skills the new pages in adviser playbook

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... formally make financial advice a recognised profession. Setting professional and education standards for advisers will undoubtedly be fundamental to the industry being recognised as a profession but the adaptive soft skills of advisers is where the game ...

Advisers back higher education standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... attained, with the remaining eight units only requiring two years of study. While the demands of academic study would undoubtedly place additional demands on time, the ultimate benefit to an industry striving toward professionalism is undeniable. University ...

Fitzpatricks secures capital backing for growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... high-quality financial advice, augurs well." "In addition to the strong organic growth the firm continues to enjoy, we will undoubtedly be prepared to invest in further high-quality wealth advisory businesses."

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... of wage inflation. Wage inflation, because of its flow-on effects on the general level of prices in the economy, is undoubtedly one of the signposts that factors into the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) deliberations when it decides on monetary policy ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... slowing growth and because "some of the upside risks to inflation have either reduced or not materialised" which, undoubtedly have resulted from the Indian rupee's appreciation versus the greenback this year to date. But if you haven't noticed by now ...

No follow through

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... the US dollar; 15.4% versus the euro; and, down 7.8% vis-a-vis the Japanese yen since Brexit. The weaker pound has undoubtedly pushed up inflation but it is also shoring up domestic activity. This is underscored by the Markit/CIPS PMI survey indices ...

APRA sets new capital target for the big four

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... function of financial intermediation for the Australian community." "Capital levels that are unquestionably strong will undoubtedly equip the Australian banking sector to better handle adversity in the future, and reduce the need for public sector support. ...

ECB nips the bud of rate hike speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... payments are a major cost item and rising yields would curb spending and thwart growth." Not only this, while there's undoubtedly strengthening momentum in the Eurozone's economy, slack remains. The Eurozone economy expanded by 1.7% in the year to the ...

Australian hedge fund tops global ranking

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... positioning perspective, we are still comfortable that the materials sector is not a crowded trade." "While finding value is undoubtedly harder following the rally in 2016, we remain long the natural resources sector, but have reduced our net exposure ...