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Chief economist update: A busy 2020 for Abe, BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... acute weakness in manufacturing and exports, particularly those to China, alongside declining consumer confidence." "In response, the government is providing significant support. Despite recent weakness in activity, the unemployment rate remains near ...

FPA supports tightening insurance claims

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... Treasury that it supports bringing insurance claims handling under the definition of financial services. The submission, in response to Treasury's exposure draft legislation and regulations to make insurance claims handling a financial service, detailed ...

La Trobe, State Super donate to bushfire appeal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
La Trobe Financial is set to donate $1 million to the bushfire relief effort, while State Super has said it will donate $10,000 and match each donation made by its employees. La Trobe has announced it will donate $1 million, split between the Salvation ...

AMP to cull super trustee, five funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... AWM's involvement with the trustee is set to extend to administration, product development and related services. AMP's response came on the back of a question from Victorian Labor MP Daniel Mulino, who asked the wealth manager to demonstrate how its ...

Industry veteran set to launch new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... flagship concentrated shares fund. With an aim for positive returns over a five to seven year range, Lee said the initial response has been positive. "There has been a lot of interest from the soft launch which has been quite surprising. There does seem ...

Chief economist update: Missing the burning forests for the surplus tree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... Ketan Joshi's - University of Sydney science graduate and international renewable energy researcher and author - response to The Fifth Estate 's assertion that: "fire emergencies here [Australia] and in California, melting glaciers, recent fires ...

Industry digs deep amid bushfire crisis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
The financial services industry is supporting bushfire victims and volunteer firefighters however possible, as Australia is gripped by a bushfire crisis that has seen many lose their lives. The big banks were amongst the first businesses in the country ...

Chief economist update: Australia burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... of bridges, rebuilding of roads and other critical -infrastructure... we will just work hand in glove, as we have in -response to previous crises, to -ensure the recovery commences and is undertaken in a timely way and getting that support, particularly ...

FASEA responds to concerns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority today released a preliminary response to submissions from stakeholders on its much contested Code of Ethics, attempting to answer some of the many questions raised so far. FASEA consulted with stakeholders ...

Practice profitability at risk: MLC Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... Life said. Surveying 180 advisers, MLC Life found more than 40% have not made any changes to their business models in response to the changing advice environment. This is despite 67% reporting a reduction in profit since the commencement of LIF. At the ...