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Chief economist update: Trump's beggar thy neighbour policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... The bilateral trade deficit with China increased 10% to a record US$ 36.8 billion in July; the deficit with the European Union jumped by 50% to a record of US$17.6 billion; the deficit increased by 2.9% to US$5.5 billion with Japan; by 57.6% to US$3.2 ...

New code should apply to all: ABA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
The Australian Banking Association (ABA) believes the new Banking Code of Practice standards should be adopted across the entire industry, including banks that are not ABA members. According to the association, the standards between credit unions, buildings ...

Women missing from C-suite lineups

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... was one the women who participated in the development of the report. Others included Wells Fargo's Beverly Anderson, MUFG Union Bank North America's Ranjana Clark, Nuveen Advisory Services Margo Cook, Western Union's Sheri Rhodes and Jacqueline Molna ...

Confidence remains in face of regulatory headwinds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... recent introduction of Attribution Managed Investment Trusts (AMIT) and Regulatory Guide 97 (RG97) in Australia, the European Union's (EU) Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have impacted ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... foreign aluminium in the name of "national security" that begot retaliatory tariffs from China, Canada, Japan, the European Union and Mexico, among others. Australia was exempted. Emerging markets - most of which are heavily reliant on trade - are now ...

Royal Commission on social media: Regulators under scrutiny

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
As the Royal Commission superannuation hearings turned onto the final straight this week, commentators took to Twitter to have their say. Hardly a surprise given the #BankingRC > "...The banking, finance and insurance sector now has the lowest Ethics ...

Failed industry fund merger laid bare at Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
Energy Super backed down on its plan to merge with the now $14 billion Equipsuper, who wanted no union-nominated board seats for the merged fund, even though the merger would have delivered significant financial benefit to Energy Super's members, the ...

Financial abuse: A hidden epidemic

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... Australian Banking Association, National Seniors, Council on the Ageing, Older Persons Action Network and the Financial Services Union joined forces to lobby Government to allow the safe reporting of suspected elder financial abuse by bank staff. "Bank ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... headlined reports of the on-going battle over trade. America's also in a stoush with Canada, Mexico, Japan and the European Union, among others. But latest reports provide indications that Trump might be softening (don't tell him that) on his ...

Fossil fuelled Ireland to divest for climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... fossil fuels," he said. Just last month, the 2018 Climate Change Performance Index saw Ireland ranked last among European Union states for its national climate change policy. Worldwide it placed 49th, though this was eight places higher than Australia. ...