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ANZ launches LIF resource

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... types of life insurance remuneration being capped and 69% don't fully understand the new rules around grandfathering. A stronger understanding of new clawback provisions was demonstrated however, with 43.5% saying they understood the guidelines. Last ...

ECB schedules taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... quarter of strengthening growth. The IHS/Markit Eurozone PMI surveys suggest that growth would be equally strong, if not stronger in succeeding quarters. Despite easing to 55.9 in October from a four-month high of 56.7 in September, the flash composite ...

White-collar crime penalties to skyrocket

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... powers has found. The final paper of the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) is urging the Federal Government to give ASIC "stronger regulatory tools" to deal with misconduct that occurs in the corporate, financial market or financial services sectors. Under ...

Jobs galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... elsewhere. In addition, they'll want to build a sufficient buffer to service their hefty mortgages especially if the stronger labour market prompts the RBA to increase interest rates next year.

Time to start factoring in an RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... for the month - more precisely, imports of consumption goods dropped the most, down 4% in August despite the relatively stronger Australian dollar during the period. Faced with record high household debt, sluggish wages growth (zero real wages growth) ...

ASIC adds life insurance to school curriculums

KARREN VERGARA AND JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... 2018 and soon call on consumers and industry participants for consultation. Over the next four years, ASIC is aiming for stronger engagement with the education sector to develop resources for primary, secondary and tertiary levels, as highlighted in ...

China industrial profits surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... higher prices accounted for a third of the new profits in August. I can only surmise that the other two-thirds were due to stronger demand. Of course, the big question is whether such strong profit growth could be sustained given the expected drag on ...

Transparency to the max

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... caution, if not fear, enough for some to trim their holdings and cheapen share prices. But alas! Most share markets closed stronger. These, despite the escalation of US-North Korean tensions (and this time, it became personal between Trump and Jong-Un) ...

The BOJ's educated hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... the board to his views but it could be the beginning of the end of exit speculations - the one that's keeping the yen stronger than it should be.

Lazy LIF planning means advice businesses at risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... types of life insurance remuneration being capped and 69% don't fully understand the new rules around grandfathering. A stronger understanding of new clawback provisions was demonstrated however, with 43.5% saying they understood the guidelines. Also ...