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Peer-learning popular among self-licensed advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... Alliances national manager Andy Marshall said. "Self-licensed businesses may be fiercely independent, but they all strive for above-average client engagement scores and profitability, often achieving net promoter scores in the 90s and EBITs of above ...

Beyond 6000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
After three attempts over the past 10 years, the S&P/ASX 200 index finally got there - it broke above the formidable 6000-point resistance level. The Australian equity market's benchmark index closed up by 1% yesterday - a hefty day index return by ...

Westpac Group results solid despite challenges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... discount. "Despite these challenges, our business is in excellent shape: customer satisfaction has risen, employee engagement is above the global high performing benchmark, and we have achieved our goal of welcoming one million new customers since 2015," ...

BOE does what it said it would do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... erosion of slack has reduced the degree to which it is appropriate for the MPC to accommodate an extended period of inflation above the target. Unemployment has fallen to a 42-year low and the MPC judges that the level of remaining slack is limited. ...

BTFG widens life insurance APL

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... noted that over the past four years any adviser request to use an insurance product not on the APL has been approved. As above, it is expected the APL will have a minimum of three "formally included" insurers by March 2018. "Ensuring clients have high ...

The BOJ's boring Halloween

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... large-scale stimulus measures, with overseas economies continuing to grow at a moderate pace, and maintain growth at a pace above its potential mainly through fiscal 2018. In fiscal 2019, the economy is expected to continue expanding, although the growth ...

Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... would be the Bank of England's (BOE) meeting on 2 November. Unlike America and Japan, the UK's has seen strong growth and above target inflation. But unlike in America where interest rates were "promised" to be lifted in December, and unlike Japan's ...

Transfer balance cap reforms could hurt grieving SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... changes regarding the payment of death benefits," Hogan said. According to Hogan, it is incorrectly assumed that anything above the $1.6 million TBC of the surviving spouse can automatically be placed back into an accumulation fund and subject to the ...

Mental health an underlying business problem: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... "Interestingly, business owners and workers in small businesses are more likely to rate the leadership in their workplace above the national average. Employees and workers in large businesses tend to rate the leadership in their workplace least favourably," ...

ECB schedules taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... a four-month high of 56.7 in September, the flash composite index continues to point to strong growth - it has remained above 55 for the 9th straight month - led by expansions in new orders and employment (which increased at the fastest pace in 10 years). ...