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Westpac reports $3.1bn in cash earnings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2022
... activity," he said. "We expect the Australian economy to expand by 4.5% in 2022 but slow to 2.5% in 2023. On the back of the results, in the first hour of trading Westpac shares climbed 2.9%.

Advice firms struggle to make most of socials

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2022
... awareness (40%) and sharing information with clients (39%) are advisers' key objectives when it comes to social media. "These results suggest that advisers may be trying to get the balance right between engagement and sales activities on social media. ...

Macquarie Group posts record earnings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2022
... group that were particular standouts included the commodities and global markets offering which rocketed 50% on prior year results to the tune of a $3.9 billion net profit. Also stellar, the banking and financial services arm had a $1 billion net profit ...

ANZ stablecoin amplifies changing operating models

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
... afforded to it by global digital currency adoption and created the first Australian-bank-issued stablecoin with positive results. Having only recently minted its first stablecoin, ANZ has already found several key elements of success. The bank discovered ...

LGIAsuper reduces fees, adds indexed option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
... member with a $50,000 balance will now pay $360 in annual fees. Previously, they would have paid $530. "This fee reduction results from cost-saving changes we made to the Strategic Asset Allocation including cost savings made in the management of Australian ...

NAB evades AUSTRAC fine for non-compliance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
... of delivering the requirements of the enforceable undertaking and it said it will provide an update at its half-yearly results later this week. Irrespective of NAB's individual circumstances, notably AUSTRAC's 2021 major banks in Australia risk assessment ...

Reframing disability: A world-changing opportunity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
... or don't feel capable of managing such a transition. Irrespective of these stigmas, Oliver claimed: "We've had amazing results when we can sit down with the employer, the customer, doctors and team to help understand what abilities people have and what ...

Challenger expects to reach full-year profit guidance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... financial year guidance range. This positive guidance was driven by a 10% or$2.7 billion increase in total life sales. On the results, Challenger managing director and chief executive Nick Hamilton said: "This quarter, our business continued to perform ...

Contango signs distribution deal, flags rebrand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... relationships, based on trust and the strength of our expertise, and always endeavour to deliver exceptional service and results for our clients," the company said. The name change will not impact products, strategies or their names. "The board believes ...

New research backs diversified SMSF portfolios

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... seeing how SMSF performance varies with degrees of concentration within individual asset classes, with some interesting results. According to the research, those SMSFs that allocate a greater proportion of their assets to cash and term deposits also ...