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Morrison unveils open banking framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... direction, the report said. This covers deposit products such as term deposits; savings, transaction, cheque, mortgage offset, GST and tax accounts. Lending products include mortgages, personal loans and lines of credit. Scott Farrell, a senior partner ...

CBA puts away $500m for regulatory costs

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... business said strong investment markets drove funds management income of more than $1 billion. It said this was partly offset by lower general insurance income which was impacted by higher claims due to weather events. CBA chief executive Ian Narev said ...

Traditional advice strategies pose retirement risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... explained. Further, Philpot said even if there is still a mortgage on a home with 5% interest, taking $10,000 from the offset account, contributing it to super and claiming the tax deduction places clients in a much healthier position. "The limit on ...

High valuations drive insto investors to alternatives: BlackRock

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... been talking to clients about the need to embrace alternative strategies as a way to add diverse sources of return, and offset the current rate environment. It's gratifying to see them continuing to embrace these assets as they slowly become the norm ...

The darling buds of inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... encouraging consumers to spend now than pay for the same goods and services at higher prices later. Then again, this could be offset by a more aggressive policy response by the US Federal Reserve but given current indications... perhaps, not yet. Although ...

Chief economist update: iPhone and Black Friday sales ring up retail registers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... quarter. What is more, household disposable income grew by only 1.8% in the year to the September quarter, just enough to offset the 1.8% increase in headline inflation over the same period for a grand total of zero growth in real disposable income. ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
The Bank of Japan's (BOJ) announcement that it's trimming ¥10 billion off its purchases of 10 to 25-year and 25 to 40-year JGBs sent the Japanese yen 0.5% higher against the US dollar to ¥112.43 after it sparked renewed taper speculations. While Bloomberg ...

Eurozone low-flation to 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
... forecast. However, the speed up was mainly due to a 4.7% jump in energy prices which, the ECB does not expect to last (or offset by lower prices in other components) based on its latest inflation projections - 1.4% in 2018 and 1.5% in 2019. Most likely ...

NAB refunds home loan customers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
NAB refunded $1.7 million to home loan customers after it failed to properly set up mortgage offset accounts, according to ASIC. Customer complaints prompted NAB to conduct an internal review, which found the bank failed to link offset accounts to broker ...

Down, down business conditions are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
To say that you, I and Irene were surprised at last month's NAB business survey - that showed Australian business conditions rocketed to an all-time high in October but confidence hardly budged - is more than just an understatement for even the survey ...