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Super members should face "better off test"

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Industry Super Australia wants a "better off test" requiring banks and other financial services providers to demonstrate that switching a member's superannuation will be beneficial. Additionally the representative group is calling for banks to ban all ...

CommInsure under fire again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... Narev faces the House of Representatives Economics Committee in Canberra today. Narev will be the first of the big four banks' chief executives to front the parliamentary committee, to be followed by those of ANZ, NAB and Westpac over the coming three ...

No new monetary policy moves on horizon: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... means that the much feared bear market in bonds remains some way off and, with luck and careful policy management by central banks, may yet be avoided," said Taylor. Taylor adds that the market will react negatively in the near-term to a Trump victory ...

Macquarie Australia's favourite finance brand on social media

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
Macquarie has beaten the big four banks when it comes to customer engagement and is the favourite Australian finance brand on social media, according to a new report from NetBase. The finance love list is part of the NetBase Top 50 Love List which examines ...

Valuation dispersion creating opportunity for instos to retilt

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... prices improve significantly. He adds that there is a similar story in the banking sector, particularly in the US. "Large US banks have done remarkably well to adjust and have mostly recovered their earnings. From an investment perspective the risk on ...

IOOF upgrades Pursuit functionality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... standing instructions portal; and an online withdrawals portal which enables same day receipt of funds from any of the big four banks. IOOF Pursuit is currently one of the largest retail platforms in the market, with achieving almost $16 billion in funds ...

Central banks still got their mojo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
Waning. Impotent. Ineffective. End-game. These were some of the adjectives applied to the major central banks' "non-conventional" policy stimuli of recent years. Terms, that when mentioned with the word "lift" alongside the Fed and the loss of faith ...

Westpac alters incentive structure

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... will be rewarded for meeting the full range of Westpac customer needs. Hartzer called for significant changes to the way banks interact with their customers, highlighting the trust gap between banks and customers. "We need to recognise, that as an industry ...

Asset owners, managers not prepped for blockchain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... blockchain and blockchain-inspired initiatives both internally and as part of a handful of consortia of the world's biggest banks and technology companies," said Liang. The survey comprised of respondents from 48 asset managers and 42 asset owners, including ...

Well-known stockbroker launches own SMAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... allows us to add value compared to the garden-variety income-generating equity funds. So while we will probably hold the banks and Telstra at various times, there might also be a few surprises," Padley said. Padley says active management is key as the ...