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Financial services export industry must rival iron ore

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... steadily increase tax revenue for the Australian Government. The FSC used the conference as a platform to launch new research by Deloitte Access Economics which shows the government would receive an additional $1.7 billion in tax revenue in 2024-25 which ...

All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... decline and at 6.5% (May), is down to the lowest level in nearly six years. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) predict that the jobless rate would fall to 5.8% by yearend. The lead from the claimant count unemployment stats ...

FSC Conference: Follow the biopsychosocial model, life companies told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... injuries are just the beginning of health problems, and that joblessness was a major health hazard. "There's a piece of research - that has never been validated - that says the risks of being out of work for more than six months are similar to smoking ...

Clients prefer good reputation, knowledge over low fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... new client segments in the coming 12 months, while 12.8% intend to target new generations. The CoreData Keys to Growth research was based on an online survey of more than 1,000 Australians aged over 18 which includes advised and non-advised responden ...

Consumer awareness of vertical integration plummets

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... Wisdom thought that the dealer group was independent, but that number increased to 55% in 2014, according to Roy Morgan research. The Financial Wisdom consumer website currently states that the group "is a network of financial advisers who independently ...

ThreeSixty Research team merges with JB Were

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
MLC research business ThreeSixty Research has joined forces with its fellow National Australia Bank (NAB)-owned business JB Were. NAB said there were would be no redundancies as a result of the merger, with the entire ThreeSixty listed equities team ...

ANU enlists CAER for ESG research

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
The Investment Office of the Australian National University (ANU) has enlisted the services of research group CAER to research and rate the companies in which invests according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. The announcement ...

Future Fund posts 13.9 pct return

STAFF WRITER WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... three year margin of 1.1 percentage points and the five year margin of one percentage point, according to Rainmaker the research group that conducts the SelectingSuper fund performance surveys. However, it is over the seven year period where the Future ...

Super posts 12.7 pct for FY2014

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... percentage point due the relative improvement in retail funds which normally have higher equities exposure. Rainmaker, the research group that conducts the survey for SelectingSuper, said the longer term segment gap has, however, returned to normal levels ...

ASIC announces National Financial Literacy Strategy

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... providing quality targeted advice and guidance, strengthening coordination and partnerships and finally to improving research, measurement and evaluation. The chief executive of the Australian Bankers' Association (ABA) Steven MA1/4nchenberg said it ...