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BEAR regime must extend entire industry: Medcraft

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... challenged, Medcraft believes. "I think we've surprised the banks by taking them on... I think that's probably shocked them a little bit. I think they're probably not used to having that happen, but when I came in as chairman the first thing I decided ...

Currency trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... exchange rate (that is not associated with higher commodity prices) would be expected to lower year-ended inflation by a little less than half a percentage point over each of the following two years or so. Output would be expect [sic] to be lower by ...

Active management culture shifts boardroom discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... the industry "because nobody can really have an advantage with information anymore." "It's now about, and has been for a little while now, having an analysis advantage," Geremia said. MFS Investment is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Global Equity ...

Boring is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... 1.5%...to this day. In a word, boring. But boring is good, for unlike the extreme volatility of the GFC days, there was little of that during his term (so far). The A$/US$ exchange rate has fluctuated from US$0.7484 (the day before Lowe assumed office) ...

Who's afraid of North Korea? Not the South Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... backing and Pyongyang having hardly anything to lose, stick and stones may break Kim's bones but sanctions would only hurt a little. Financial markets are right to not be alarmed for we've seen this scary movie one too many times before. It even provided ...

Acorns hits $100m milestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... our app in the 18 months since our launch," Lucas added. Acorns doesn't charge switching or brokerage fees and with as little as $5, investors can access fractional interests in ETFs listed on the ASX. The company added a number of new features during ...

Indefensible bonuses cause for concern: ACSI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... performance hurdles. "The fact that only 18 chief executives received bonuses below 50% of maximum indicates that they bear little relation to performance in many companies. We welcome recent examples of the use of board discretion to reduce bonuses. ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... early this month), the RBA predicted underlying inflation to "reach around 2% over the second half of 2017 and increase a little thereafter. Headline inflation is forecast to rise gradually and be between two and 3% over much of the forecast period based ...

CBA chief executive will stand down

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... poor consumer outcomes associated with add-on insurance, including CCI. Consumers should not be sold products that provide little or no benefit, and banks should have processes in place that ensure this," Kell said. CBA and CommInsure identified and ...

Major advice firm endorses first home super saver scheme

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... also understand that after paying super contributions and earnings tax, the $30,000 put into the scheme could be worth as little as $25,000 on withdrawal," he said. Anthony added the FHSSS - for what is only a marginal tax benefit - was likely to drive ...