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Goldilocks is back in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... multiplier effect on the economy - it provides jobs and incomes for ancillary sectors such as construction, banking, legal, insurance, home furnishings, home decors, white goods, black goods, building raw material suppliers, etc. Aunt Janet certainly ...

NAB quarterly profit up 7%

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... need to take further provisions at the full year result for both interest rate hedging products and payment protection insurance." NAB Wealth lifted earnings due to improved results from its insurance claims business. Lapses remained stable during the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... it said it expected to lift its gross written premium by up to 20 per cent in the 2015 fiscal year. Shares in fellow insurance giant QBE were in a trading halt as it carries out a share placement. QBE announced the $810 million share placement, along ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... 4,508.31. Locally, earnings seasons continues. The world largest miner, BHP Billiton reports its full year results and insurance giant QBE releases its half year earnings. Steel and mining group Arrium, Oil Search and Packaging business Amcor also release ...

Consumers have no loyalty to financial institutions

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... lack of incentive for customers to consolidate, competition from specialist providers such as for superannuation and insurance, lack of product awareness, some concern regarding the spread of risk and staff that may not feel confident in a selling role." ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... 18.88 (0.43 per cent) to 4,453.00. Traders shrugged off a larger-than-expected rise in initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits last week. Weekly applications for unemployment aid climbed 21,000 to a seasonally adjusted 311,000. LONDON - European ...

Suncorp CEO rewarded for profit growth

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
Insurance and banking group Suncorp's growing profits have resulted in boss Patrick Snowball being rewarded with one of Australia's largest executive pay cheques. The 64-year-old Englishman took home remuneration worth $9.12 million in the 2013/14 financial ...

Digital advice to jumpstart $5.6 trillion land grab

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... Hong Kong, Malaysia and Indonesia, the concept of 'digital advice' (broadly algorithm-based and automated advice) and 'insurance customised to behaviour and style' (bespoke solutions based on data analytics) are among the game-changers for banks - particularly ...

CBA sees two top execs step down

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... boards in China, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Blair joined CBA in 2006 as chief executive officer of Sovereign Insurance and joined the executive committee in 2009 to lead the group's Asian businesses. CBA group executive of group strategic development ...

ASIC cracks down on advisers over PI insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... has cancelled seven Australian financial services (AFS) licenses that did not comply with professional indemnity (PI) insurance obligations. The review targeted licensees which had not requested a release of a security bond required to be lodged with ...