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Why revenue growth should accelerate for Australian Finance Group
Stuart Jackson
March 3, 2020
While achieving revenue growth is proving to be challenging for the banks at present with the impact of ultra-low interest rates and the effects of the Hayne Royal Commission, there are parts of the credit market that are generating very strong growth. continue…
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An update on the Australian financial planning landscape
Dean Curnow
February 28, 2020
They say 12 months is a long time in financial markets, but I think 12 months has been an even greater length of time in the financial planning market. Since I previously wrote about the changing advice landscape in Australia, four large financial planning licenses have ceased to exist, with a few more to close doors as the Commonwealth Bank of Australia follow Westpac’s lead in stepping away from the licensee space. continue…
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Exchanged Traded Products and Income: Same same but different?
Dean Curnow
January 16, 2020
Today, our markets are awash with ETFs, ETMFS, LICs and LITs. The beauty of these exchange traded products is that they offer investors instant diversification in a single trade. But they have some key differences. And it’s worth knowing what they are. continue…
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What should we expect from the big four banks in 2020?
Stuart Jackson
January 13, 2020
In this week’s video insight Stuart reviews the banks performance in 2019. The banks have endured a turbulent few of years and 2019 was no different, generating a total return of 9.5 per cent for the calendar year, less than half that of the broader market return of 23.8 per cent. Of the major banks the Commonwealth of Australia was the best performer delivering a total return of 16.9 per cent. Looking to 2020, the outlook is improving marginally relative to 2019 but remains challenging. What should we expect? continue…
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Banking on lower Growth
Stuart Jackson
November 12, 2019
As highlighted in the recent results announcements from Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ASX:ANZ), Westpac (ASX:WBC) and National Australia Bank (ASX:NAB), the earnings and profits of our major banks are on the slide. It’s further justification for the investment strategy of The Montgomery Fund and The Montgomery [Private] Fund to have an 85 per cent active underweight position in the major banks. continue…
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Mortgage arrears and mortgage stress following rate cuts
Andreas Lundberg
November 7, 2019
Back in July last year, I had a look at what was happening with mortgage arrears and mortgage stress in this post. Since then, we have had three rate cuts from RBA and everyone who has floating rate mortgages should be paying quite significantly lower interest now than before the cuts. I therefore thought it would be interesting to see how this has impacted a households capacity to service their mortgage. continue…
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Changing competitive dynamics in mortgage lending
Stuart Jackson
October 28, 2019
In my video blog last week, I discussed why the major banks had not passed on the recent RBA rate cuts in full. This is due to an increasing proportion of each bank’s funding base approaching zero or close to zero interest rates. As most bank customers would know, transaction and traditional savings accounts pay little or no interest at present. This fixes the funding cost of these deposits for the banks irrespective of what the RBA does in terms of lowering its official overnight rate. continue…
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Here’s something for bank investors to consider
Stuart Jackson
July 3, 2019
Most investors in Australian banking stocks don’t give much thought to how our banks capitalise their IT expenditure. But it matters, because the way they capitalise this expenditure affects the quality of their earnings base. continue…
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Financial planning in a state of flux
Dean Curnow
May 27, 2019
It’s no secret that the financial planning industry in Australia has come under a great deal of scrutiny which peaked during the Royal Commission and its findings back in February this year. But what has been some of the real-world consequences of the Royal Commission and how are they impacting advisers? continue…
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Three key themes from the banks’ results
Stuart Jackson
May 17, 2019
Australia’s four major banks have now reported their interim results. Common to all of them were three key themes, which are presenting both challenges and opportunities. continue…
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