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Strong quarter for CBA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... increased by 7% in the three months to March compared to the previous corresponding period. AUM and FUA growth reflected stronger market investments, but was partially offset by exchange rate movements. CBA did not detail the performance of its insurance ...

Government pushes ahead with new ASIC funding model

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... regulation. This will make industry more accountable and by increasing transparency of ASIC's costs and activities make ASIC a stronger regulator." The draft legislation prescribes flat levies in the recovery of ASIC's regulatory expenses "in subsectors ...

Expanding expansion in manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... to improve. Increasing exports are a key theme, with several manufacturers reporting success in new markets in Asia. Stronger output and prices in the local agricultural and mining sectors is supporting demand for some types of machinery, equipment and ...

100 days of Trump (and counting)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... market, business investment has picked up by 9.4% in the first quarter from 0.9% in the December quarter - explained by stronger profitability and one that would certainly underpin further gains in employment. Add the promised tax cuts to this. What's ...

The growth-inflation divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... the face of strengthening growth - the BOJ even notes that its economy is growing above potential? Reason dictates that stronger growth lifts optimism that encourages spending that allows businesses to lift the prices of their products and services. ...

PayLogic signs new AFSL client

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... very particular about what functionality and reporting they required... As a result, PayLogic has come out as an even stronger offering and we're enjoying working with the team at InterPrac." There are now more than 50 AFSLs using PayLogic.

Unconscionable super cross-selling will continue: ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... remuneration practices, Industry Super Australia chief executive David Whiteley said super should logically be subject to stronger protections than other financial products. "It is a tall order to ask staff to both meet sales targets and genuinely serve ...

The prescience of Super Mario

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... taper its QE programme soon but also lift interest rates by the first quarter of 2018. The problem with this is that stronger economic growth has so far not translated into higher inflation and as ECB president Mario Draghi noted in the March governing ...

Desperately seeking workers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... skilled employees but low skilled ones as well and having problems retaining workers - could be a factor in preventing stronger expansion in the economy. Still, the Fed still has room to manoeuvre. This is because despite the economy operating at full-employment ...

Industry funds in merger talks

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... objective of always acting in our customers' best interests, a successful merger will drive future efficiencies, promote a stronger competitive position in the market, and ultimately generate greater value for the combined member and employer base." ...