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Regional Australia Bank and Holiday Coast merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
Members of Regional Australia Bank and Holiday Coast Credit Union voted in favour of merging the banks in separate special general meetings this week. The vote resulted in over 90% of members agreeing to a resolution that will now see one of the largest ...

Rising costs outpace retiree savings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... the modest level, ASFA said. The most significant price falls over the quarter were: automotive fuel (-8.7%), domestic holiday, travel and accommodation (-3.8%), and international holiday, travel and accommodation (-2.1%). "While for many, the overall ...

UBS small caps team launches boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
UBS Asset Management's small caps team is kicking off a boutique at Challenger's multi-boutique business Fidante Partners with a new unit trust in the works. Stephen Wood, Victor Gomes and David Haddad worked together for eight years on the ...

Australia Day: How the barbecue has changed

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... ASX-listed financial services provider Australian Ethical has given its staff the option to work on the Australia Day public holiday (January 28) and take a day off at another time. It is part of the organisation's wider view to be part of the "change ...

Chief economist update: Bring on Aussie dollar depreciation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
"Capital Economics sees the local currency falling to US60c this year and hovering there through 2020; it previously forecast it at US65c for 2019 and US70c for 2020." (Australian Financial Review) That's a whopping 15%-16% drop from A$/US$ exchange ...

Millions of Australian's suffering from financial stress: AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... workplace super Ilaine Anderson said the early months of the year see many Aussie workers under financial pressure. "As the holiday season comes to an end, and credit card bills start to roll in, many Australians will be starting the New Year under significant ...

IRESS lead moves to Chi-X

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
Chi-X has snapped up IRESS's head of institutional and online trading services as it builds its team. Adrian Fyffe was appointed to the role of business development executive at Chi-X just before the holidays. He has over 10 years of experience ...

Advice is the business to be in: Salt

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... Australians. "We have raised the bar," Salt said. "A sense of entitlement. A sense of aspiration. We don't want a caravan holiday to the Coolangatta caravan park, we want a Jetstar holiday to Bali." This sense of entitlement, he said, extends all the ...

Chief economist update: Keep one eye open on the housing market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
Perhaps it's the long weekend holiday - AFL Grand Final holiday on September 28, Labour Day on October 1 - or maybe it's been out-headlined by news of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). But the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) met as usual ...

Chief economist update: Australian dollar loss is economy's gain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... sourced overseas become more expensive in AUD-terms, encouraging consumers to buy local produce. There goes our overseas holiday trekking, but as long as it helps our fellow-Australians, she's right mate. Besides we still get to rub shoulders with ...