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Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
Financial markets got what they wished for from the world's three biggest central banks that met last week. The Bank of Japan (BOJ), the Fed and the Bank of England (BOE) all delivered as expected but not without help from the repeated and reiterated ...

More clarity needed on NAB redundancies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
The Financial Sector Union of Australia is concerned with NAB's lack of detail provided around plans to cut almost 20% of its staff by 2020. The FSU responded to the news of planned job cuts by demanding urgent talks with NAB chief executive Andrew ...

Charter Hall launches fund, backs consumer spending

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
Property fund manager Charter Hall is betting on Australians to maintain their spending patterns with the launch of a direct, multi-sector fund targeted at precincts tied to consumer staples. The Charter Hall Direct Diversified Consumer Staples Fund ...

Super guarantee must be 12pct: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has renewed calls for the super guarantee to be lifted to 12% as soon as possible because retirement balances are still nowhere near where they need to be. Latest ASFA analysis shows Australia's $2.3 ...

Australia lax in fighting financial crime

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
Australia's passive response and disparate approach in combatting financial crime, particularly anti-money laundering, requires a more holistic approach, according to a panel of compliance and security experts. ANZ financial crime risk professional ...

VanEck hires for expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
VanEck Australia strengthened its business development team with appointments from JBWere and Bell Potter Securities. Formerly a financial intermediary's analyst at JBWere, Campbell Stevens has joined VanEck to promote its range of ETFs to financial ...

TAL maintains life insurance market lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
TAL continues to hold the largest share of the $16.1 billion life insurance market in the 12 months to June, figures from Strategic Insight show. TAL recorded $2.9 billion in risk premiums, closely followed by AIA Australia with $2.3 billion in which ...

Financial advice key for world in reverse: Geldof

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
Sir Bob Geldof urged the financial advisers of Australia to proactively prepare for the significant generational wealth transfer that is approaching to ensure people continue to receive financial advice. The keynote speaker at this year's Association ...

Confidence up but will consumers shop?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
Along with the increasing sun shiny days that spring brings to our part of the globe come the green sprouts of optimism among us, Australians all. For the first time in 11 months, there are more optimists than pessimists in this land girth by sea. This ...

Time to start factoring in an RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
Forget about the ANZ and NAB's call for the RBA to remove at least the "emergency accommodation" that brought the official cash rate to a record low of 1.5%. If the recent trend in Australian consumer spending - or in this case, not spending - continues ...