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NAB, Nippon lock heads over MLC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... 330,000 affected customers, Chronican said. Net profit for the group was $2.69 billion, up 4.3% year on year. Despite the overall positive result, NAB shed its interim dividend by 16 cents to 83 cents fully franked. NAB paid an interim dividend of 99 ...

APRA amends member outcomes standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... outcomes achieved for different cohorts of members; and analysing the results from the legislated outcomes assessment. "The overall substance of the requirements for RSE licensees in revised SPS 515 are unchanged, however they are expressed differently ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... increases than the ones they replaced, she added. "These agreements usually last for a couple of years, so this will weigh on overall wage outcomes for a while," she said. This is still continuing. The problem with this is that tepid wage growth leads ...

Rush of advisers sign up before FASEA deadline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... from non-institutional owned licensees increased 38% while institutionally-aligned advisers grew just 6%. Despite the overall jump in advisers registering, Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, NAB, Westpac, IOOF and AMP recorded a reduction in numbers of 2% over ...

Finance job opportunities rise post-RC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... industry, as figures recovered after Royal Commission related weakness. The most recent data shows the index fell by 0.4% overall in the March quarter, but rose 0.3% on an annual basis. Sunsuper said while the market has softened, jobs demand is still ...

Industry funds eye SMSF market stronghold

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... market and greater competitive pressures, the superannuation industry continued to deliver strong outcomes for members overall." In light of the Royal Commission final report released in February, it is likely the trends identified in the review, particularly ...

Chinese investment in Australia down 36%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... respectively. The report also reveals private companies account for 87% of deal value and over 92% of deal volume and there was an overall trend towards smaller deals. Only 8% of deal volume and 13% of deal value was accounted for by state-owned enterprise ...

Group risk inflows slow at CommInsure, AMP

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... Australia and MetLife Insurance made the biggest gains in group risk premium inflows, recording 20.6% and 13% annual growth. Overall, the group risk premium inflows were up 4% to $6.4 billion. The group risk segment recorded the highest premium inflows ...

Westpac appoints acting advice GM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... advice from May 1 to drive the transformation of Westpac's advice business in line with the announced resetting of its overall wealth operations. Stewart first joined Westpac in 2011 and serves as head of Westpac's private wealth businesses in Victoria ...

Chief economist update: Two indicators giving the Fed a headache

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... inflation target of 2% in January 2012." Which inflation measure? The Fed's target is based on the annual change in the overall, or "headline," PCE price index. As Bullard wrote in a 2012 Regional Economist article: "The FOMC will target the headline ...