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AMP implements significant insurance changes

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
Consistent deterioration to the insurance sector has had a significant impact on the AMP wealth protection business and has led to an overhaul of the business. In a bid to address the market condition for wealth protection in Australia, AMP announced ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
Australia retail sales It hasn't been since January this year that we saw retail spending increase at this monthly rate. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that retail sales grew by 0.4% in the month of August - higher than the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... for a 1.3% gain. While personal consumption growth was revised lower, it increased at a still strong 4.3% in the final estimate (from 4.4% in the second estimate) and contributed 2.8 percentage points to June quarter growth. The upward revision was driven ...

Managed accounts market likely bigger than thought

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
The Australian managed accounts market is well on the way to achieving Morgan Stanley's $60 billion FUM by 2020 prediction, with data released by the Institute of Managed Accounts Professionals (IMAP) indicating the market has more than doubled since ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
Australia employment The world of financial markets and tea-leaves watching 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 ...

Chinese demand requires improved industry practices

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
Tapping in to Chinese demand for services will likely require changes to industry thinking and practices, as well as greater thought around policy decisions on the export of financial services and foreign investment screening. These were some of the ...

$1.6 million cap will not derail retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
Analysis from actuarial consultants Milliman shows there are good signs the proposed $1.6 million superannuation tax-free threshold in retirement will deliver a comfortable lifestyle within average life expectancy. The analysis suggests there is a 94% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
US consumer credit Total US consumer credit went up by US$17.7 billion in July, stronger than the previous month's US14.5 billion increase and more than market expectations for a US$15.6 billion rise. Non-revolving credit - i.e. car and student loans ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Australia capex The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on business investment shows actual private new capital expenditure drop by 5.4% in the June quarter following a similar 5.4% decline in the three months to period and worse than market ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... estimate of UK GDP showed the economy expanded by 2.2% in the year to the second quarter - unchanged from the advanced estimate - up from 2.0% in the first quarter and 1.8% in the last three months of 2015.