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Two FSC senior policy managers depart

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... insurance, and retirement savings. "The nature of employment is changing. The era of job certainty, regular hours, and little or no part time work is over," the submission said. "The Government and the economy more broadly would be better prepared for ...

Chief economist update: One hike this year, one hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... year (that's another 25 bps hike), to 0.9% in 2019 (that's another) and 1.0% in 2020. All good except for that one not so little issue of Brexit. As the BOE noted in its December 2017 monetary policy statement, "Developments regarding the United Kingdom's ...

Zurich UK launches selfie app for underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... for a healthy 40-year-old, 14% believed the cost would be more than £40 ($69.50) per month, when actual coverage is as little as £8 (13.90). Zurich head of consumer distribution Chris Atkinson said: "We know that many people prefer not to think about ...

FSC calls for inquiry into gig economy and its impact on super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... insurance, and retirement savings. "The nature of employment is changing. The era of job certainty, regular hours, and little or no part time work is over," the submission said. "The Government and the economy more broadly would be better prepared for ...

Only way is up for global economy: Baur

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... we've got a very robust global economy. Depending on how you calculate it, world growth is in the 3.5% range or maybe a little more and it could pick up in the next couple of quarters," he said. "If you look at the OECD - they track 45 countries - and ...

AZ NGA practice acquires regional advice firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... growth - both organically and through acquisition. "Our strong balance sheet allows us to make these acquisitions with little risk and practice principals like Ken know our acquisition process will be very professional, their clients will be in great ...

AFA to launch investigation into adviser misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... some bad advisers out there and we've got to get rid of them. I'm all for telling the good stories but I think there's a little more to it than that. I genuinely believe that 99.9% of advisers come to work every day to do the right thing for their clients ...

Ho ho hum MYEFO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
... that the MYEFO budget aggregates forecasts were revised higher from the May Budget. Australian financial markets showed little, if at all, reaction to the MYEFO reveal. The Australian dollar rose by a mere 0.3% to US$0.7665 and the yield on 10-year Australian ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
Australians all let us rejoice and have ourselves a merry little Christmas! The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report shows a sharp jump in employment in November no matter how it's measured. Look at the seasonally adjusted estimates ...

Austock Life revamps, hires new leaders

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... distribution, marketing, retail banking, and wealth and investment management at CBA and Westpac. She most recently spent a little over two years at CBA, firstly in an executive manager of wealth strategic development role, before a short stint as general ...