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Bligh appointed ABA chief executive

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
Former Queensland premier Anna Bligh will replace Steven Munchenberg as chief executive of the Australian Bankers Association, a role which will require her to weather the storm of a possible Royal Commission into the major banks. In a statement Bligh ...

Boring but the trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
The world of financial markets and tea-leaves reading would be a boring place if not for "seasonality adjusted" estimates of economic statistics, especially ones that go up one month and down the next and/or beat expectations one month and disappoint ...

Zurich grows life risk distribution team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
Zurich Financial Services has boosted the size of its life risk sales team with a key promotion and eleven appointments across the country. Nathan Taggart has been promoted to the role of head of strategic development and joins the distribution leadership ...

A rate rise on the ides of March?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
"Beware the ides of March". This quote had always been imbued with a sense of foreboding because this day marked the assassination of Julius Caesar back in 44 BC. It shouldn't be for the "ides" was just the fancy way Romans termed the 15th day of March ...

Bump in business confidence and conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
Now that's more like it. The NAB monthly business survey showed both business confidence and conditions on the rise. Unlike the seemingly inconsistent result from the December survey - where business conditions gained 4 points while business confidence ...

Financial advisers losing communication battle

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
Embattled financial advisers need to find better ways to communicate their value to clients if they are to remain relevant in an automated world. Speaking at a media roundtable, newly appointed Morningstar chief executive Kunal Kapoor told reporters ...

Heading the ECB's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... labour market - the unemployment rate fell to 9.6% in December (the lowest level since May 2009) from 9.7% in November and October - and the weaker euro. However, this would also strengthen calls for "tapering" from the ECB. More worrying, this would ...

MLC shakes up retail leadership team

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
MLC Life Insurance boosted its retail advised business with multiple key appointments. The new retail advised insurance leadership team comprises Russell Hannah as general manager, retail advised insurance sales; Adrienne Cochrane, who joined from AMP ...

Jobs and jobless rate rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
There's good news and bad news in the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the country's labour market. The unemployment rate increased to 5.8% in December, the highest rate since June this year and was more than expectations for ...

Sydney firm sees AFSL cancelled

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
ASIC cancelled the Australian Financial Services Licence of Sydney based insurance company Core Insurance for failing to lodge financial statements and auditor reports for two years. Core Insurance, which trades as Ferme, has held its AFSL since October  ...