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Assistant Treasurer refutes breach allegations

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... Treasurer's alleged breach of the Corporations Act comes a fortnight after he told delegates at the AFA National Adviser Conference the FASEA education requirements would require advisers to complete a unit on the Corporations Act. According to the ...

FPA appoints new chair, director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
The Financial Planning Association has chosen a board member to chair its board. Marisa Broome will move into the role when current chair Neil Kendall's term concludes in November. She has worked in the financial services industry for over three decades ...

The joys of an independent board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... an investment company? That's a question that directors of top UK investment companies met to answer yesterday. At a conference organised by 86-year old Association of Investment Companies (AIC), directors from JPMorgan, Allianz and Janus Henderson investment ...

FinTech Australia hunts new chief executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... Kitschke's relatively short tenure, he worked across a number of key initiatives, including its upcoming Intersekt conference and the annual EY Fintech Census. The former head of Uber's local public policy efforts took the group's reigns in May this ...

ASIC to ramp up trustee visits

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... regulator flagged it will pay trustees more periodic visits. Presenting a regulatory update at the AIST Super Investment Conference? in Cairns yesterday, ASIC senior executive leader of investment managers and superannuation Jane Eccleston highlighted ...

No time for complacency: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... complacent, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. Kicking off the 2018 Super Investment Conference in Cairns this morning, AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said the Commission has essentially proven retail super funds ...

Chief economist update: Blame the US economy for the widening trade gap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... interpreted as inventories piling up on shelves because of dwindling purchases (unwanted inventory build-up) but the Conference Board's update on US consumer sentiment indicate that these re-stocking are more than wanted and deliberate. US consumer ...

Chief economist update: Rate hike hawks in RBA dove's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... which is a negative for both inflation and growth. RBA Governor Philip Lowe's statement at the central bankers' conference in Sintra, Portugal shot me down... "I remain confident we're going to get back to 2.5% [inflation], it's just ...

Chief economist update: RBA not cruising for a bruising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... like this and Houston, we'll get a rate cut. However, Governor Lowe's recent statement at the central bankers' conference in Sintra, Portugal infers that the RBA would neither raise nor cut interest rates in the immediate future. "I remain confident ...

Chief economist update: Fed's on target, BOJ takes out target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... other than the BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda explained the reason for eliminating the target date, at his post-meeting conference. "There was a market tendency to see our forecast as a deadline, and to seek connection between the forecast and policy actions." ...