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Chief economist update: What's the RBA waiting for?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... after declining by 3.8% the month before) - which leads the growth in employment by around three months. If Australian consumers haven't been spending much despite decent labour market growth, what happens when the labour market turns down? I turned ...

Mortgage broker trail commissions to stay

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... Among them is the final report's recommendation to legally obligated mortgage brokers to act in the best interest of the consumers. Other changes the Coalition plans to introduce in three years are Productivity Commission recommendations, including a ...

New NAB chair seeks to ease shareholders

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... individual and collective performance of the executive team." Chronican said one main focus going forward is earning back consumers' trust, adding the enormity of the task is not lost on him. "We have let down our customers. We have let down you, our ...

Risk advice a hard sell: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
New research from Zurich quantifies the amount consumers will pay for life insurance advice, but also reinforces the fact the majority are unwilling to be out of pocket. The Risk Advice Disconnect whitepaper revealed a minimal number (8%) of consumers ...

Chief economist update: A capitalist in communist clothes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... slowing growth. And if that's not enough, authoritarian China would also persuade (?) financial institutions to lend, consumers to consume, businesses to borrow, etc. If only the Politburo could do the same thing to Trump.

KPMG brings remediation regtech to Australia

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... showing in addressing the root cause of the issues rather than papering over the cracks," she said. "It's good news for consumers and the industry as a whole."

Consultation opens for claim handling changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... Commission's final report earlier this year, the change would allow ASIC to enforce a higher standard of behaviour ensuring consumers could expect the same standard from insurers handling claims as the can from all financial service providers. Despite ...

Grandfathered commissions ban unconstitutional: Association

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... drafting bills to push the ban through ahead of the Federal election in May at the expense of financial advisers and consumers, he said. The AIOFP is calling on advisers to assist with the cost of the action and to "fight for our and our clients rights". ...

Rainmaker welcomes new head of superannuation research

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... and approaches." "Jason's mission is to drive Rainmaker into these areas to support not only our research clients but consumers who use this information to map out their retirement savings strategies and find their ideal super fund."

ASIC releases AFSL approval data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... gateway to ensuring applicants seeking an AFSL...meet minimum standards to offer regulated services." "We help protect consumers by ensuring an appropriate level of scrutiny is applied to these applications." Day also encouraged prospective applicants ...