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Consumers trust Google over advisers: NobleOak

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... financial adviser." NobleOak found consumers also prefer scouring the internet for advice on life insurance products. "Purchasing behaviour has continued to evolve and the digital revolution means more consumers are doing their own research as information ...

Millennials not attracted to property

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... monetary policy stimulus appears limited. "Given the low absolute level of interest rates, it is unlikely that those purchasing a house today will experience the high house price returns that older generations of Australian homeowners have experienced." ...

IOOF, ANZ transaction gets green light

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... but was delayed on the back of the Royal Commission. The sale finally went through in October of this year, with IOOF purchasing the business at a discount. IOOF paid $850 million, down from the original sale price of $975 million.

Chief economist update: The A$ will answer the question of how much more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
... becomes less competitive. As a result, export volumes fall and imports increase. "This is consistent with a higher purchasing power of domestic residents and lower import prices; for a given level of production, they can now afford to consume more imports." ...

Chief economist update: The yen to dictate if BOJ turns words into action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... safe-haven buying of the Japanese yen. This would be a godsend for the BOJ. More so, given the latest indications from its purchasing managers' indices. The Jibun Bank Japan PMI indices all dropped into contraction territory - below 50 - in October. ...

Chief economist update: Is the A$ becoming a safe-haven currency?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... and a budget deficit of 4.6% of GDP for America. Another factor that determines relative exchange rates is inflation. Purchasing power parity dictates that the currency of the country with higher inflation must depreciate to adjust for price growth differences. ...

ASIC nudges robo-adviser to shutter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... investment and superannuation recommendations. Plenty Plus provided advice on the establishment of self-managed super funds, purchasing property with super, commencing and ceasing pensions and contributions into super. ASIC raised concerns with Lime ...

Chief economist update: When QE is not QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... easing is that you? Broadly defined by Investopedia, QE is when the Fed (central banks) increases the money supply by "purchasing assets with newly created bank reserves in order to provide banks with more liquidity". It looks like you! But nah, the ...

Unfair contract terms extended to insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... consumers and small businesses have the same protections regardless of which financial service or product they are purchasing," Frydenberg said. Currently, consumers are protected against UCTs that would cause a "significant imbalance in their rights ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy a Big Mac in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... - based on its Big Mac index - show that POTUS has reason to cry foul. "The Big Mac index is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity (PPP), which states that currencies should adjust until the price of an identical basket of goods-or in this case ...