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Everyone’s talking about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) – the largest bank failure since the global financial crisis – and debating whether it’s the start of another financial crisis. There’s Bill Ackman on one side of the Twitterverse, suggesting more banks will collapse like dominos, while on the other side, there’s U.S. President Joe Biden, who points to the safeguards introduced after the global financial crisis to stop another financial crisis from occurring again. continue…

by Roger Montgomery Posted in Financial Services, Global markets.

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When I last updated our readership on the financial planning landscape in Australia, the number of registered advisers at the end of 2021 was down 11 per cent for the calendar year and total adviser numbers were just under 19,000 at the time. Fast forward to 30 September 2022, and the rolling 12 month fall in adviser numbers has increased to 14 per cent with total adviser numbers now around 16,500 as captured in the graph below. continue…

by Dean Curnow Posted in Financial Services.

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At Australian Eagle, the external environment is not something we can control but it is something we do pay attention to. It plays a part in our investment thesis on stocks and will always be an important consideration in terms of our assessment of the quality of a company. However, the investment team tends to focus more on the inherent fundamentals of stocks especially those involving factors under management’s control. continue…

by Sean Sequeira Posted in Companies, Financial Services, Stocks We Like.

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Both Australian Eagle and Montgomery have had a position in Macquarie Group (ASX:MQG) for some time. The positive view on the company would seem obvious given the heavy emphasis on first identifying quality businesses in both Australian Eagle’s and Montgomery’s investment process. continue…

by Sean Sequeira Posted in Companies, Editor's Pick, Financial Services, Stocks We Like.

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Fintech-based lenders have emerged since the introduction of the peer-to-peer platform Zopa in the United Kingdom in 2005. Fintech lenders aim to reduce friction in the borrowing process for their customers, reducing the turnaround time from application to funding and offer products which best suit the borrowing needs of the customer. continue…

by Brett Craig Posted in Aura Group, Financial Services.

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The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) released lending and deposit statistics for April last week. The data shows a continuation of the acceleration in loan book growth, which is now running at its highest level since 2008. continue…

by Stuart Jackson Posted in Companies, Financial Services.

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As I have detailed previously, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has been relatively pro-active in its tightening cycle, commencing on 6 October 2021 and taking their official cash rate from 0.25 per cent to 2.0 per cent. continue…

by David Buckland Posted in Economics, Financial Services.

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In this week’s video insight Andreas looks at how honest people are when filling in their mortgage applications. The portion of people who say their applications contained some misrepresentation declined from last year’s level of 41 per cent but remains high at 37 per cent. All major four banks, apart from ANZ, also saw a decline in misrepresented applications.

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by Andreas Lundberg Posted in Financial Services, Video Insights.

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In this week’s video insight Stuart discusses the performance turnaround from the major banks, which is due to a change in the market’s outlook for net interest margins on the back of an expectation of rising rates. continue…

by Stuart Jackson Posted in Companies, Financial Services, Video Insights.

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If you only look at the headline data published annually by RainmakerLive on changes in the advice industry, 2021 will read much the same as 2020. The exodus from the advice space continued, with total registrations down 11 per cent in 2021, continuing the trend which saw 12 per cent of registered planners leave the industry in 2020. However, if you look underneath this data you will see some interesting trends continuing at the licensee level which are outlined below. continue…

by Dean Curnow Posted in Financial Services.

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