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Chief economist update: Trade war and peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... of Two Cities If I didn't know better, I would say that Charles Dickens was describing US President Donald Trump's mind. Just look at the events of the past week which started with Trump revoking his endorsement of the agreed upon G7 communique ...

Advisers must tread carefully on PLS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... authorisation are limited to providing strategy advice on the use of equity release options in general and must keep this in mind when formulating strategies and composing Statements of Advice. Advisers without the required authorisation must refer any ...

Industry responds to Dover shutdown

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers will lobby ASIC and the Federal Government to extend the transition period provided to Dover Financial Advisers' authorised representatives in the wake of the dealer group's shock closure. On Friday evening ...

Now showing: Trump and Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... nuclear arms". As for Trump, he just recently withdrew the Iran nuclear deal made with Obama and more telling is his change of mind to not endorse the Communique agreed upon over the weekend's G7 Summit in Quebec, Canada (just because he felt insulted ...

Chief economist update: Rush hour is over for the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... provide good growth underpinnings in the coming months. What has significantly changed that prompted the BOE to change its mind is the quickening deceleration in UK inflation. Headline CPI has slowed to 2.4% in the year to April from the six-year high ...

Big data's big retirement benefits

DARREN SNYDER, STEPHEN FAY  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... something that marries up with the decline in real spending but gives people flexibility and optionality to change their mind and draw on their capital differently at different points in their life, and to reflect that it's something they cannot be locked ...

Socio-emotional wealth key to keeping business in the family: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... business, and had no reason to create a succession plan, while 63% had either a leadership transition or succession strategy in mind. Also, 60% of current leaders surveyed plan to pass on the leadership of their business to another family member, while ...

Chief economist update: Fed will go hiking in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... index measuring business expectations for the year ahead held close to the 35-month peak seen in April." But what puzzles the mind is why the CME FedWatch Tool - the one which tracks the probability of fed rate hikes based on fed fund futures contract ...

Chief economist update: A US dollar story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
... Trump remarked that: "The dollar is going to get stronger and stronger, and ultimately I want to see a strong dollar." Never mind that it contracted what his Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin declared a day before at the World Economic Forum in Davos ...

New partnership to simplify estate planning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
... leveraging the expertise of View Legal to provide a standard, pre-populated will, myprosperity is helping clients achieve peace of mind. He also described the move as the platform's first step towards redefining estate planning. Also commenting, View ...