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Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... definitely positive (and notwithstanding the disruption from Stella), the unemployment rate dropped from 4.7% to 4.5% in March - the lowest level since the height of the economic expansion pre-GFC - despite the participation rate remaining unchanged ...

The challenging nature of ethics

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
Initiatives to increase ethics in financial services can be likened to endurance events in the sporting arena. That is the view of Clare Payne - former endurance swimmer and consulting fellow for Ethics in Banking and Finance with The Ethics Centre. ...

Citi appoints government affairs head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
Citi is welcoming a new head of government affairs. James Bond joins Citi from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, where he was director external affairs and investment. Prior to that, he was both the president of the Australian Services ...

ASIC cancels suspended AFSL

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of Parramatta-based company Rural & General Insurance Broking for failing to comply with legal obligations and licence conditions. The regulator found the company failed to lodge annual financial ...

MAX Awards launch Financial Literacy Campaign of the Year

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
This year's MAX Awards will feature a new category - the Financial Literacy Campaign of the Year - to recognise the crucial role the industry plays in furthering wealth education. The introduction of the new category coincides with the 25th anniversary ...

Too much ado about Fed reinvesting nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
"Do you really want to hurt me Do you really want to make me cry..." - Culture Club It began like just another ordinary day on Wall Street but last night it was one with an upward bias despite geo-political tremors - chemical attack in Syria and nuclear ...

ASIC wins first court action for FoFA breaches

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
Corporate regulator ASIC successfully brought its first action against a licensee for breach of the Future of Financial Advice reforms in the Federal Court. Melbourne-based financial advice firm NSG Services (NSG) was found by the court to have breached ...

Brexit-proof?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
A small dip in the Markit/CIPS UK manufacturing PMI to 54.2 in March from 54.5 in the previous month provides further evidence of the economy's resilience to Brexit uncertainty. The latest reading might be the lowest level in four months but it's also ...

Japanese businesses have sunnier mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
The Bank of Japan's (BOJ) Tankan survey showed that the large manufacturers' sentiment index increased to a reading of plus 12 in the March quarter from the December quarter's plus 10 reading. While this is lower than market expectations for an increase ...

China manufacturing expansion gains and slows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... and in output. However, the official reading contrasts with the fall in Caixin China manufacturing index, down to 51.2 in March (still in expansion) from 51.7 in February. The details of Caixin's survey were also opposite that of the official one - easing ...