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RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... Financial markets expect the Australian central bank to announce no change in interest rates this month. Yes, there's nothing remotely interesting in that. What's interesting is that while consensus expectations tilt towards no change in policy settings ...

Associations not sold on PC draft report

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... are in underperforming and costly retail and bank-owned funds, yet the Productivity Commission's prescriptions will do nothing about it." "The PC's proposals will shift the balance from a system that safeguards consumers with high quality workplace defaults ...

Fintech Nod takes on the unadvised

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... a digital paper trail. "Every interaction is auditable; all the client/adviser interactions are written down, there's nothing happening over the phone, there's nothing happening in a room, all the text happens on platform," Robbie said. Robbie also explained ...

Access to super for housing is still bad policy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... their opposition to the policy. "This proposal could reduce retirement savings and drive up housing prices while doing nothing to address supply. It's simply bad policy," ISA chief economist Stephen Anthony said. FSC chief officer Sally Loane was quick ...

Year of the Rooster deficit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... China's trade balance either slows sharply or goes into deficit around the months of the Lunar New Year, so it's really nothing to crow about.

CommInsure cleared of systemic problems

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... approach. After assessing all of the work that has been completed, including the independent expert reviews, there is nothing to support the concerns of wilful or widespread misconduct. All this work has reaffirmed our confidence in the business and ...

In search of that elusive Australian animal spirit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... has unarguably changed sentiment in terms of bringing out the "animal spirits" in Uncle Sam country but it seems that nothing much has changed over the past 30 months - the time back in August 2014 when then RBA Governor Glenn Stevens told the House ...

Home deposits unwelcome in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... Australia believes the idea is bad policy as it could reduce retirement savings and drive up housing prices while doing nothing to address supply. ISA chief economist Stephen Anthony said: "In the housing affordability debate, the focus should be on ...

Fraser review challenges super board independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... almost 15-month review is that we could have had very reasonable independence requirements legislated since 2015. "There is nothing in this report that negates the need for legislation to lift the standard of accountability, transparency and choice across ...

Lifted by external demand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
... consumption over the quarter. More important, private consumption -- which accounts for around 60% of the economy -- contributed nothing to fourth quarter GDP growth as it did in the third quarter. Worse, it was flat over the quarter, down from a 0.3% ...