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Watching out for the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... quarter - wonder if this was due to double seasonal adjustment? - and growth could have easily beaten expectations. The icing on top is that consumer spending - that which accounts for nearly 70% of the economy - increased by a larger-than-expected 2.9% ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... Wall Street rally. Tokyo jumped 1.08 per cent, or 219.92 points, to 20,522.83 as the yen weakened against the greenback and top firms including Nintendo reported strong earnings. Sydney rose 0.81 per cent, or 45.3 points, to 5,669.5 thanks to a pick-up ...

Citi launches fintech challenge

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... franchise Linda Duncombe said. "Citi Mobile Challenge is a significant opportunity for Australian developers to connect with top developers across the world and Citi are excited by the potential to partner with these emerging businesses," she added.

Growth or crisis, always reasons to worry in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... Ron Mehmet said. Demand for Australian resources would also increase rapidly, "especially because these economies are in our top five trading partners," Mehmet added. But a rise of the Australian dollar "would cause structural issues domestically. "We'd ...

ANZ addressing women's financial futures

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... gender equality in the workplace, recognising there is more to be done in addressing the issue. From today ANZ will make annual top-up superannuation payments of $500 to permanent and fixed-term female employees; and will provide free advice to customers ...

Industry giants ramp up adviser ethics training

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
Financial planners from Australia's top financial institutions will receive ethics and moral psychology training, following major scandals in their advice divisions. AMP, Macquarie Bank, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank and BT Financial Group have developed and ...

Aligned execs join Fortnum in advice arm restructure

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... licensee are fully aligned," Taylor said. "Many of the practices we attract are large and growing businesses with significant top line revenue and our goal is to help them achieve 15% growth year on year by providing practice management services and ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... China sent a chill through markets about the prospects of a global economic recovery. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies shed 1.13 per cent to end Friday at 6,579.81 points, the CAC 40 in Paris retreated 0.58 per cent to 5,057.36 points ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... 5,086.74 points, while Frankfurt's DAX 30 slipped 0.07 per cent to 11,512.11 points. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies fell 0.18 per cent to 6,655.01 points despite gainers such as British publisher Pearson which announced it was selling ...

Insurance advisers focusing on client segmentation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Clients seeking insurance advice can be segmented into three broad categories and advised accordingly, according to research by AIA Australia and the Beddoes Institute. The research paper, The advice challenge: Understanding what clients value, defines ...