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IRESS reports strong 2018

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
Financial technology provider IRESS reported solid figures for 2018, anticipating a successful 2019 to follow. IRESS group operating revenue grew 6%, driven by 7% growth in its UK business and 9% in Australia and New Zealand. IRESS cited a number of ...

Super account consolidation to hurt AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
AMP will take a $30m hit to the hip pocket if it is forced to send 370,000 low balance super accounts to the ATO. Following the Senate passage of the Government's centerpiece superannuation legislation late last week, AMP informed the market it would ...

Perfect storm smashes AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... in 2018, and said it suffered outflows to its industry super competitors. In addition, its financial advice remediation figure now stands at $469 million, including a $290 million provision for potential advice remediation. In total, AMP's wealth ...

Aussies find $860m in lost super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
More than $850 million of lost superannuation was found and consolidated towards the end of 2018. Releasing new data this week, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) said more than 66,000 Australians found and consolidated some of their retirement savings ...

Royal Commission to suppress bank stocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
Fund managers are warning investors not to expect the major banks to trade at the premium they've been accustomed to. And the financial services Royal Commission's final report, due today, will play its part. The major banks have experienced ...

Superannuation smashes gender diversity goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  SUNDAY, 3 FEB 2019
The superannuation fund industry has smashed industry targets of female representation on boards, latest APRA figures show. The number of women represented on boards has increased 9.2% over the last four years, according to APRA's annual super bulletin. ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement), his ditching of APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation), and so on and etcetera. Figure out Trump and we can figure out where the global economy and fiscal and monetary polices, and financial markets, are headed... ...

AMP profits nose dive, dividends hit

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... estimates but have just been provisioned. AMP's total cost for the Royal Commission program remains steady at the November figure of $778 million, a spokesperson confirmed. The total business unit operating earnings for second half are expected to ...

Chief economist update: Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
Pop that cork! Roll out the barrels... the barrels of fun! The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest tracking of the labour market shows that we've got jobs and they're multiplying. Total employment grew by a greater-than-expected ...

VC investments in Australia hit record high

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... billion invested. However despite the record result, Australian venture capital investing is just a slither of the overall figure worldwide. In total about US$255 billion in venture capital investing occurred around the world in 2018, up from US$175 ...