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Chief economist update: The Goldilocks rate of interest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... the years after 2009. Gross believed low interest rates were not the cure for decreased growth, but the source of the problem." Perhaps the Taylor Rule's 2% fed funds rate approximation is incorrect (or my calculations are) but it helps explain the ...

Chief economist update: Weak wages a puzzle, could become a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... very tight US labour market might be a puzzle for the Fed but if wages don't pick up soon, it'll become a real problem for the Fed. Real wages, that is. The recent CPI report indicates that real wages - nominal wages less inflation - are being ...

TAL expands Risk Academy offering

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
Life insurer TAL is growing its portfolio of health-related education courses through its financial adviser training program. TAL Risk Academy is introducing an education course which assists financial advisers to get the best outcomes for clients who ...

Trade-off needed on existing adviser standards: Fox

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... Graduate Diploma - that's if they want to keep advising," he said. "By the end of 2023, it will then become an industry problem to find advice solutions for the millions of Australians whose financial adviser has decided to leave the profession." ...

Chief economist update: Draining the swamp

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
"We're going to drain the swamp." This was one of US President Donald Trump's battle cry when he was still campaigning for the top job in America. It looks like he's on his way to fulfilling this promise but instead, Trump's draining ...

Chief economist update: It's always slow in America in Q1

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... years of the government's gross domestic product data, the most followed measure of US growth, suggests a longstanding problem of under-reporting Q1 expansion." "Over some time periods, in fact, first quarter growth is so weak it appears to be measuring ...

Chief economist update: Shanghai's drop is China's problem, the yuan's slide is everyone's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
The Shanghai Composite index's drop into bear market territory may have elicited some negative Trump thoughts, but China's response - through the accompanying depreciation of the yuan may have been "I'm taking you with me." Such is the ugliness ...

TAL to boost adviser underwriting knowledge

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... musculoskeletal manager Gavin Law said difficulties in underwriting the spine was challenging given there is often no specific problem or disease which can be identified as the cause of back pain - a health condition affecting more than 3.7 million Aussies ...

Dover exit renews self-licensing calls

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... that "Dover's former advisers are small business owners who have staff, families and financial commitments to meet." The problem, of course, is that applying for an individual AFSL is costly - more than $5000 to advise on complex products for retail ...

Super industry critiques PC draft report

KARREN VERGARA AND STEPHEN FAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
... Challenger retirement income chair Jeremy Cooper said he welcomed Draft Recommendation 11 - Guidance for pre-retirees, but a problem by and large is the superannuation industry's focus on boosting assets over the accumulation phase. What complicates ...