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Morrison drops financial services portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
In an obvious omission, the dedicated financial services portfolio has been scrapped by Australia's latest Prime Minister, Scott Morrison. Announcing a new-look ministry following the Liberal Party's leadership spill last week, the standalone ...

The BOE's got no problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
When the Bank of England's (BOE) Monetary Policy Council (MPC) unanimously voted to raise the Bank Rate by 25 bps to 0.75% on August 2, BOE governor Mark Carney was quoted as saying: "The mistake is to always wait, wait, wait until you have perfect ...

TAL partners with mental health NFP

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... financial services staff believe their employer has created a mentally healthy workplace, while 44% said they have left a job due to a poor mental health environment.

Super funds cop governance grilling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... 'Can we get away with it?' rather than 'Is it the right thing to do?' "It's a fundamental requirement of the job [for directors] to properly assess risks being faced by their company so that they can make informed decisions - this ...

Parents key to financial literacy legacy: FPA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... their children would cause them to worry. However, in an ever-increasingly digital world, the FPA said children with a paid job were more likely to be "digital savvy," with 84% making online purchases for themselves or their family, as opposed to 56% ...

Chief economist update: Don't mind the gap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
Hear ye, hear ye... the unemployment gap has closed! The loss of 3900 workers (versus expectations for a 15,000 addition) may have made for sobering reading on the Australian labour market but this was a small give from the 58,200 additional workers ...

Chief economist update: Small business is big business

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... small business owners are reporting record confidence in capital spending plans (up from 29 in June to 30 in July) and in job creation plans (up from 20 in June to 23 in July) - with 23% citing the difficulty of finding qualified workers as their "single ...

Chief economist update: Betting on down rather than up?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
"...the next move in the OCR could be up or down". This was a fair enough hedged bet from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) - more like the oft-repeated statements from other central banks saying "the risks are evenly balanced" - but Governor Adrian ...

Chief economist update: Heaven can wait but the BOE couldn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
"The mistake is to always wait, wait, wait until you have perfect certainty." - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney The Bank of England (BOE) finally went ahead and did it. It lifted the Bank Rate by 25 basis points to 0.75% at the conclusion of its ...

Industry bodies respond to RG97 review

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... as administration and investment fees, and indirect costs. Comparatively, managed investment products do a slightly better job of separating transaction or activity-dependent costs from ongoing fees and costs. Super funds should therefore group fees ...