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'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... employees' pay more or less the maximum allowed in the wage indexation clauses in many employment contracts. As I ranted yesterday, this could be one of the reasons behind the jump in the NAB business conditions index to record-breaking highs and why ...

Australian business conditions gone gangbusters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... (around 4 times the long-run average)." This is the opening line of the NAB Monthly Business Survey" report released yesterday. You read it right, Australian business conditions are the best they have been in two decades. I don't think many would disagree ...

Industry funds must renew aged care investment focus

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... experiences, interests and skills. "The project was a natural fit for our fund," HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said yesterday. "Helping our members plan for their future aged care needs is part of the financial planning service we offer as part ...

The PI risks of goals-based advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... insurance. That was the warning heeded by delegates at the inaugural Association of Goals Based Advice conference in Sydney yesterday, with MKM Partners' Oscar Martinis saying the various mechanisms to implement goals-based advice can have differing ...

Beyond 6000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... broke above the formidable 6000-point resistance level. The Australian equity market's benchmark index closed up by 1% yesterday - a hefty day index return by anyone's measure. But what's more significant is its closing level of 6014.34 points - the ...

Charter Hall launches fund, backs consumer spending

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... distributors of small-goods including Hans and Primo. The tenants have average lease term of 9.2 years. At media briefing yesterday, Charter Hall group chief executive and managing director David Harrison said he will personally invest in the fund and ...

Banks will step out of wealth: Medcraft

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... tough to restore the consumer trust repeatedly tarnished by these businesses. Speaking at a Sydney Financial Forum event yesterday, Medcraft said the big four banks will reposition themselves as pure banking businesses because that's where the majority ...

Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... biggest central banks will meet this week. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) had already started their monetary policy deliberations yesterday and is set to conclude later today. This is expected to be a non-event with policy unchanged and stimulation to remain ...

BEAR closer to legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... The Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR) is one step closer to being legislated with the Turnbull Government yesterday referring its Bill to the House of Representatives. Incorporating the Treasury Laws Amendment (Banking Executive Accountability ...

Japanese sun rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... swing with the Nikkei-225 index ending last week's trading at 21,155.18 points and up some more to 21,255.56 points yesterday. There was no shortage of explanations for the Nikkei's jump. The synchronised upswing in the global economy: This should help ...