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Business confidence, conditions rally: NAB

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... Australians expect 'good times' for the Australian economy over the next 12 months compared to 45% that expect 'bad times' (the highest figure for this indicator for nearly two years). Also, demand for housing has been dropping, as have house prices. ...

Value investing a likely winner: Maple-Brown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
... positioning itself to benefit from emerging opportunities in the current market. Depending on which measures are used, the highest rated stocks are more than three standard deviations more expensive at the peak relative to their lowly rated peers, and ...

RBA lifts cash rate to 1.85%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... it continues its attempt to return inflation to its 2-3% target range. Presently, inflation in Australia is 6.1%, the highest it's been since the early 1990s. The RBA claims that global factors explain much of the increases in inflation, but it doesn't ...

Australian Bond Exchange, ANZ pilot settlement platform

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
... investors. "ABE aims to provide equal access to the bond market for everyone, facilitate ease of trading and ensure the highest possible market transparency," he explained. "Access to corporate bonds has typically only been available to institutional ...

TAL completes acquisition of Westpac Life

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... more than 4.5 million Australians." "We are also pleased that our people joining TAL today can continue to provide the highest standard of customer care going forward." TAL Dai-ichi Life Australia is a fully owned subsidiary of the Dai-ichi Life Group. ...

Equities challenged but opportunities are there

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... the economy into recession, he said. During a tightening cycle when the world is confronting inflation -which is at its highest level in 40 odd years - Miller said there is reason for scepticism that inflation can peak at such low levels. Miller said ...

CPI rises, IMF lowers global outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
... Statistics (ABS) said. Annual trimmed mean inflation, which excluded large price rises and falls, increased to 4.9%; the highest level seen since the ABS started recording this category. Driving inflation, goods accounted for 79% of the rise in CPI this ...

Tax exemptions overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy: OECD

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
... the report said. To help fix the considerable rise in house prices, the report suggested governments should "ensure the highest-value gains are taxed". "This would strengthen progressivity and reduce some of the upward pressure on house prices, while ...

Moore Wealth joins Count Financial

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
... business and focusing on solutions that let member firms spend more time with their clients." "Our client needs are our highest priority, so we chose a licensee partner that simplifies the advice process and allows us to operate with greater efficiency." ...

Praemium reports 92% flow increase

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... Australia's largest independent specialist platform providers." Wamsteker also paid credit to Praemium's cornerstone product and highest revenue earning service, its separately managed accounts (SMA) offering. "The SMA added annual net inflows of $3 ...