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Chief economist update: S&P raises Duterte ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
Money talks, prayers walk. This appears to be the overriding theme in the upcoming May 13 mid-term elections in the Philippines where "foul-mouthed and murderous" president Rodrigo Duterte's preferred senatorial and congressional candidates lead ...

Chief economist update: China stitches it in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... smaller banks." Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang announced these measures at the opening of the National People's Congress on March 5 simultaneous with his revelation of a lowered GDP growth target from 6.5% to 6.0%-6.5% this year. China's GDP ...

Women lead superannuation fund engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... workers are in professionally managed default funds and is mainly a choice-based system. In the past, he presented to Congress hearings discussing the Pension Protection Act about some of the lessons the US can learn from Australia's superannuation system. ...

Chief economist update: A capitalist in communist clothes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... banks," it said. Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang announced the measures at the opening of the National People's Congress on March 5, simultaneous with his revelation of a lower GDP growth target from 6.5% to 6%-6.5% this year. China's GDP growth ...

Former ambassador assesses US-China trade deal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... not a Trump issue - we tend to talk about it like that but it is a bi-partisan view of democrats and republicans, the congress and most of the business community in the US who share a view that something needs to be done regarding the engagement with ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... jumped 1.3%. Trump did it! Wall Street's gains came after POTUS announced that he has reached a deal with the US Congress to end the record 35 days of partial government shutdown despite not getting his way - i.e. funding to build a wall. What he ...

And so this is Christmas, another year (almost) over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... More, or Danger Ahead?") said tight labor market could pose challenges, particularly in light of the $1.5T tax cut that Congress could pass early as this month. Noted that with unemployment rate so low and the economy fundamentally healthy, a tax cut ...

Adviser-matching app launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... comfort, tailored recommendations, rapport, impartiality and reputation. Introducing the new tool at the FPA Professionals Congress this week, chief executive Dante De Gori said: "We believe this new interactive matching service we're working on ...

Read the whole thing: FASEA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... ensure they read the authority's draft legislation in its entirety to avoid further confusion. Addressing the 2018 FPA Congress in Sydney this morning, Glenfield encouraged delegates to read FASEA's legislative instruments to date in full so as to assess ...

Philanthropic foundation names new chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
As the 2018 FPA Professionals Congress begins today in Sydney, the association's philanthropic arm is welcoming a new chair. The new Future2 Foundation chair is Petra Churcher. She was previously chair of the Financial Planning Association's South Australian ...