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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... declined by 1.0% in the month of August following a 2.4% fall in the previous month. The value of finance commitments for owner-occupied housing fell by another 1.6% in August after dropping by 4.0% in July while those for investment housing increased ...

NAB and Nippon Life complete sale

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
A $2.4 billion sale of National Australia Bank's life insurance business to Nippon Life was finalised yesterday. Following the sale NAB said its MLC Life Insurance business would see changes to the board of parent entity, MLC Limited. Joining the MLC ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... start of the year as loans extended to investor slowed to 4.6% from 4.8% in July and 7.4% in January. Credit growth for owner-occupation was 7.6% in August from 7.7% in July and 7.2% in the first month of 2016. Growth in business credit slowed to 5.7% ...

MDAs overhauled by new regulations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
The operation of limited MDAs is to be terminated under new, long-awaited regulatory reforms released by ASIC yesterday. The regulator has made amendments to Regulatory Guide 179, the most significant being the removal of the regulated platform no-action ...

Bank acquires WA Government loans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... loans are based in Western Australia, mostly domiciled in Perth, with the average loan size at $225,000. The loans are all owner occupied, typically held by first home buyers without adequate savings for a deposit. Keystart loans are part of a state ...

CFS to integrate with IRESS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Colonial First State has appointed IRESS to provide back-end technology for its FirstWrap platform. CFS will implement IRESS Portfolio System (IPS) technology onto its managed accounts solution in a bid to satisfy growing adviser demand. CFS acting ...

AustralianSuper and IFM seek energy asset

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
About 30 superannuation funds are in line to own a majority share in Ausgrid, one of New South Wales' largest electricity networks. Ahead of the NSW government re-launching its Ausgrid acquisition process, both IFM Investors and AustralianSuper submitted ...

IRESS acquires super software provider

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... services and solutions IRESS can provide to clients of both businesses." Financial Synergy is being sold by its majority owner and founder David Orford and senior management team. The senior management team of Financial Synergy will be retained by IRESS ...

Asset owners, managers not prepped for blockchain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
A survey by State Street has found that while 65% of APAC asset owners and managers expect blockchain technology to be widely adopted in the next five years, only 33% of participants actually have blockchain initiatives underway at present to support ...

Well-known stockbroker launches own SMAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
A well-known stockbroker has introduced two managed accounts strategies aimed at retail investors and advisers. Owner and author of daily stockmarket newsletter Marcus Today, Marcus Padley has introduced two SMAs, partly to service the clients of Marcus ...