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"More focused" NAB lifts profit

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... and a halving of bad debts. "Our performance in the first quarter demonstrates continued momentum across our Australian business and our focus on delivering a great customer experience, particularly in key customer segments," said NAB group chief executive ...

Aussie economy rebalancing okay

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
Despite facing significant and persistent headwinds, Australia's domestic economy has been rebalancing better than is widely appreciated, according to a UBS chief economist. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney today ...

Down but upbeat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... steady improvement from minus 2 in October to plus 2 in November to plus 4 in December - portend continued Australian business resilience. Domestic companies have the Australian dollar's depreciation to thank for this - it's once again cushioning the ...

Australian expats pension protected

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
A new agreement between Australia and India that protects expatriates' pension rights is expected to save about $10 million annually for Australian businesses operating in the south Asian country. The social security agreement came in to force this ...

Mirae Asset appoints Australian sales head

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... Global Investments has hired a former AMP Capital executive to lead its sales efforts in Australia. As head of Australian business development, Chris Wildman will be responsible for the marketing and distribution of the company's investment funds. Before ...

New Topdocs tool speeds SMSF application

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... currently is. So as part of our new Instant SMSF online application, we have created a direct link with the Australian Business Register which automatically pre-populates the entire ABN application for advisers, free of charge, when they set up their ...

Paying super on parental leave could help gender gap: Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
A quarter of Australian businesses don't pay superannuation whilst employees are on parental leave, adding another hurdle to addressing the super gender gap according to Mercer. The global investment and retirement consultant released its 2015 Gender ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
In a highly competitive market, group insurers are looking beyond lowering prices to attract large fund clients. In May, APRA issued a letter to Australian life insurers outlining the regulator's concerns about the group risk sector. If group insurers ...

Aussie fintech partners with Alibaba

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
Australian fintech lender GetCapital is offering finance to support purchases on Alibaba.com from suppliers in any country under a new partnership announced recently. The collaboration is, for the first time, providing Australian importers and exporters ...

Magellan doubles profit, boosts FUM

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... 60% of the increase in FUM came from investment performance, and the rest came from flows into our retail Australian business and institutional business," Magellan chief executive and chief investment officer Hamish Douglass told Financial Standard. ...