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Inflation beats forecasts, hits 7.8%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023
... mark the fourth consecutive quarterly rise greater than any seen since the introduction of GST in 2000. The annual CPI increase came in at 7.8%, the highest rate seen since 1990. While it didn't hit the Reserve Bank of Australia's expectation ...

OnePath enhances OneView Life

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
OnePath has moved to enhance the abilities of financial advisers using its OneView Life client management portal. Advisers using OneView Life can now quote increases to their client's existing OneCare cover online, streamlining the service to ensure ...

Clearview overhauls life insurance premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
Clearview is introducing a number of pricing changes to its LifeSolutions offering. New LifeSolutions customers will be subject to new pricing structures from 1 March 2019. Stepped and hybrid premiums life and TPD premium rates will be lowered, while ...

Curtain call for industry body after 96 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
A retiree body that was set up before the Sydney Harbour Bridge was built shutters its doors this year - in a clear sign of the times. The Superannuated Commonwealth Officers' Association, established in 1923, had 50,000 members at its peak. But ...

Suncorp reviews options for life insurance business

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
Suncorp Group is considering all the possible options, including a potential sale of its life insurance business despite a 56% surge in underlying after-tax profit to $39 million reported in its latest financial results. The life insurance arm's strong ...

Pay rises better at non-aligned firms

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
Advisers at independent firms received better pay rises in the last financial year than those at institutionally aligned groups, according to the latest remuneration survey from industry consultancy The Dawson Partnership. While salaried financial planners ...

Government clarifies adviser register funding

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... to update and remove AFS licensee's records will increase to $30. These additional costs are on top of the usual CPI increase to the current fees. Cormann's spokesperson said that "the revenue raised over the next four years, through the combination ...

Back to cactus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
Hang on to your hats, for here we go folks. While the previous day's data releases provided some leeway for positive interpretation, fresh ones out overnight cannot - in any way - be lost in translation. It's therefore not surprising to see Wall Street ...

The I word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
Yes, it's back - the 'I' word that is. With the many letters being thrown around to describe the global recovery these days, you must be wondering what this letter 'I' stands for. 'I' stands for inflation. The fear of its return spooked Wall Street ...

Nothing new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
Key economic data released overnight provided no new insight for financial markets but only to confirm the current state of the world - that of slowing growth and still high inflation. While inflation appears to be easing in Australia, consumer prices ...
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