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Companies must clarify purpose: Fink

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... ultimately deliver sub-par returns. A key reason for the recent rise in shareholder activism is companies not being explicit enough as to their long-term strategies, Fink said, adding that activism often carries a short-term focus and it is up to the ...

Chief economist update: iPhone and Black Friday sales ring up retail registers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... previous quarter. What is more, household disposable income grew by only 1.8% in the year to the September quarter, just enough to offset the 1.8% increase in headline inflation over the same period for a grand total of zero growth in real disposable ...

Ho ho hum MYEFO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
... 2.52%. It could be because the key variables and parameters forecast to derive the underlying budget figures looked decent enough. Given, the direction the economy is travelling in recent times very few could argue with the MYEFO's predictions for GDP ...

Government expert panel hands down proposed education standards for existing advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
... may be made applicable to the process. Advisers that currently hold a degree in a related discipline that didn't involve enough financial planning related study to meet the new requirements will also be required to complete an approved program or approved ...

Group insurance awareness encouraging: MetLife

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... it's concerning that more people aren't taking action, despite 55% of those with default cover suspecting they don't have enough." MetLife Australia launched a national campaign in May to help raise awareness for built-in life insurance available through ...

A case for faster wages growth (or not)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... retail sales up to 1.8% from 1.4% in September - both of which remains the slowest since June 2013, and still not strong enough to reverse the trend decline in the annual growth rate in retail sales. Also, while the optimism over wages cannot be faulted ...

Advice industry must think bigger: Netwealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... InvestTech conference in Sydney today, netwealth joint managing director Matt Heine said the advice industry is not thinking big enough, putting itself at risk of being left behind if it doesn't catch up to the rest of the world. Findings from netwealth's ...

Retailers should be wary of Amazon: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... Copeland said. He added Australian banks have been quick and aggressive to digitise their products but they haven't gone far enough, especially for high level transactions. "If the financial services sector is going to catch up they need to implement ...

OECD tells RBA to take a hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... tightening is projected to begin in the second half of 2018 when the pick-up in wages and prices becomes more entrenched". Fair enough (based on the OECD's projections and rationales). But unlike the bible quote, "So let it be written. So let it be done" ...

The price is not right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... 'just'. It could be because of market's thinking that the June rate hike, plus the expected one next month, is enough to slow things down... and that the next one after could be the straw that would break the back of inflation expectations ...