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LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... Conditions Index (LMCI) - which takes into account 12 labour market indicators -- developed by the Fed itself gives a better summary of... well, US labour market conditions. It's a month late than the payrolls report but the latest reading shows that ...

ECB QE go riding on Fed QE stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... test" report the EBA published was just too much to digest. Special thanks, therefore, to zerohedge.com for providing this summary: "It found that 24 of the 123 banks (covering 70% of total EU banking assets) failed to maintain sufficient capital ratios ...

CBA receives 4200 requests for advice review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... "is sending more out every day". The information pack contains details about the Open Advice Review program, including a summary of the process, and a 'You and Your Advice' form for the registrants to complete to help the review process, the bank said. ...

ASIC considers compulsory advice for complex products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... suggested measures to improve disclosure for complex products including requiring product manufacturers to produce a one-page summary document, compulsory warnings, a stand-alone risk awareness statement and worked examples of best- and worst-case scenarios. ...

Financial services falling behind in online transactions

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... business transactions, according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The report -- Summary of IT Use and Innovation in Australian Business 2012-13 -- reveals that despite the rapid changes in the financial sector ...

Inquiry recommends MRRT and LISC be scrapped

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... hearing on 27 November. A total of 52 submissions were received, three of which were confidential. The submissions and a summary of the consultation process have been published on Treasury's website.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... Asian markets slipped after the US Federal Reserve kept its stimulus program unchanged but gave a rosier than expected summary of the economy which fuelled expectations it will soon start winding it down. While the central bank's decision to keep the ...

Growth and QE - will this time be different?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... ok...the Fed will taper this September. You only have to read the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis' summary of the National Accounts revision to know it's gotten so good for the US economy. "The increase in real GDP in the second ...

ISN criticises "irresponsible" CPA super report

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... it argues, shows that members are viewing their superannuation as a nest egg to pay off excessive debt In the executive summary, the report's author, Simon Kelly, adjunct professor at the University of Canberra, wrote: "[I]n the context of this study ...

Too much super diverted to pay personal debt: CPA report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... same level. "Accumulated superannuation savings minus household debt equals zero," wrote Kelly in the report's executive summary. In the report Kelly acknowledged that compulsory SG accounts for less than half of total annual superannuation contributions ...