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Suncorp named Bank of the Year

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
Suncorp was named Bank of the Year at last night's Money Consumer Finance Awards. The 15th annual Money magazine Consumer Finance Awards were held in Sydney last night, recognising the best in banking and insurance. The awards aim to help Australians ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
"Annual wages in seasonally adjusted terms grew 2.3% for the third quarter in a row. The main contributors to growth over the quarter were regularly scheduled wage rises in the health care and social assistance and education and training industries ...

Chief economist update: Lock in two RBA rate cuts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
The stats are out and it reveals that Australian consumer price inflation has softened... big time. There's no other option for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to cut interest rates soon and twice. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) ...

Chief economist update: What's the RBA waiting for?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
The Sino-Yankee trade war, the slowdown in the global economy and more recently, the Brexit fiasco have all had a negative bearing on the Australian economic outlook. This is no better depicted than by the recent National Accounts update showing the ...

AFCA hears legacy complaints

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority will start taking legacy complaints starting July 1 for a limited amount of time. The Federal Government recently extended AFCA's remit after the Financial Services Royal Commission. This means the one-stop ...

Chief economist update: Anatomy of an RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
I've got chills, they're multiplying and I fear that the RBA is about to lose control. Apologies for sounding like doctor gloom lately but the list of stats indicating that the Australian central bank would be forced into a counter-offensive ...

Survey says no to subsidising life insurance for genetically at-risk Aussies

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
Australians do not want to subsidise life insurance for those with adverse genetic test results, according to the latest Financial Services Council study. The FSC recently released results of its consumer survey conducted in July this year. The survey ...

ASIC appoints second deputy chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
ASIC has filled its second deputy chair position to replace Peter Kell, who finished up yesterday. Outgoing Productivity Commission deputy chair and commissioner Karen Chester will commence on 28 January 2019 for a five-year period. Chester was appointed ...

Banks must reshape to survive compliance and technology crunches

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
KPMG and EY highlight Australia's big four banks must balance ongoing compliance costs with continued spending in technology or face being left behind when it comes to innovation. In their post FY18 analysis of Australian bank results, KPMG and EY point ...

NobleOak wins best direct life insurer award

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
Strategic Insight has recognised NobleOak as the best direct life insurer in 2018. Strategic Insight presented its annual Direct Life Insurance Awards at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney on Thursday. In addition to scoring the Overall Direct ...