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Confident with a capital C

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... optimistic since December of that year. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index surged to a reading of 125.6 in March from 116.1 in the previous month (itself, revised up from an initial reading of 114.8). This is sharply higher than market ...

Confidently improving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... reading of -5.0. This is higher than market expectations for a -5.7 print and continues the short-term uptrend that started in March last year when the index bottomed at -9.7; medium-term when the index hit its nadir at -26.2 back in December 2012 (mainly ...

More fires than hires

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... than through much of H2 2016." (NAB) "The Westpac Melbourne Institute Index of Unemployment expectations fell by 3.1% in March pushing the Index back to around the levels in December." (WBC) Even the RBA noted as much in its March policy statement: "The ...

A good set of numbers (almost)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
... small 1.5% increase in the preceding quarter. This is the fastest quarterly rate of growth since the 34.7% jump recorded in March 2001 and is significantly higher than market expectations for an 8.0% increase. The details of the report showed sharp profit ...

Investment manager and advice group join forces

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... the creation of a new Clime-branded advisory network named Clime Private Wealth. The first office will open in Brisbane in March with a view to have further offices operating nationwide by the end of 2017. A statement from Clime regarding the alliance ...

IMAP ensuring greater representation for MDAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... Professionals will establish a sub-committee to represent the interests of managed discretionary account providers. Commencing in March, the MDA Providers Forum will be an invitation-only sub-group, open to leaders of businesses with an AFSL authorisation ...

Bus operator fails to pay super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... Operations manager Terry Huang and sole director Chin Kuen Yung will appear in the Federal Circuit Court in Brisbane in March.

Banks flag adviser transparency in customer program

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... and consolidation service; new valuation practices for farmers and small businesses; and a plan to hold a roundtable in March with government and consumer groups to discuss how to make account-switching more accessible. Further Better Banking initiatives ...

AMP cuts venture capital funding

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... portfolio of existing investments and our current focus is on maximising the benefits from these," the statement said. In March 2016 AMP, via New Ventures, acquired Sydney fintech startup MoneyBrilliant. Last June AMP New Ventures also contributed to ...

Veteran Suncorp executive departs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... 17 years and wish him well in his future." Along with Herbert's departure, Suncorp also announced Pip Marlow's arrival in March; she will join as chief executive officer, strategic innovation, having been managing director of Microsoft Australia. Cameron ...