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Spreading the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015

Super non-compliance to cost $44 billion

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... entitlements, and the hardest-hit industry was construction, followed by property services, mining, hospitality and manufacturing. Cbus identified total non-payment of SG contributions, "cash economies", "sham contracting" and employer insolvency as ...

Banks to follow NAB's life insurance exit

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
More Australian banks will follow NAB's exit from manufacturing life insurance, according to Rice Warner chief executive Michael Rice. Rice's comments follow Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer's issuing of the Government's response to the Life Insurance ...

Banks face wealth management challenges

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... nature of wealth operations presents a challenge among some headwinds. "Expensive life insurance underwriting and manufacturing operations are likely to come under review, as banks look for ways to free up capital and improve returns," Dring said. "Divestments ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... tax rise from 5% to 8% in April of the same year) -- from 1.8% in July. and on... Although the Markit/Nikkei Japan manufacturing PMI indicated that the manufacturing sector remained in growth territory, the rate of expansion slowed to 51.0 in September ...

NAB enters into MOU with Nippon Life

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... partnership. The goal, according to NAB's ASX statement, is to "[enter] a long-term partnership in life insurance product manufacturing," although NAB added that "nothing has been decided, and any potential future transaction is uncertain and subject ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... well, especially for corporations, with the second quarter pretax profit margins soaring to historic highs for both manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors," Vail said. "It is thus working well for equity investors too, and should continue to do ...

Data doesn't justify "recession" headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... finally drinking the water RBA gov Glenn led them? This positive report is consistent with the AiG Performance of Manufacturing Index which increased to 52.1 in September - the third consecutive month that the index has been above 50 (expansion), accelerating ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015

Financial services only mildly innovative: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... innovative firms can be found across all sectors of the economy - including some more mature industries such as manufacturing and retail. It raised the possibility that businesses may be underestimating the true level of innovation in Australia. NAB's ...