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Pension
Pension proposal a win for retirees
This is a rare case where suggested changes would help many now older retirees.
- by Daryl Dixon
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Banking royal commission
Is this as bad as it gets for the big four banks?
Results from ANZ and National Australia Bank this week laid bare the cost of misconduct that has been uncovered by the royal commission.
- by Clancy Yeates
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Nicholas Moore
No pressure on this big bank's coffers
Macquarie's trajectory would be the envy of the big players in Australian financial services sector.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Investment banking
Macquarie tips 10 per cent full-year profit growth
Macquarie Group posts a 5 per cent first-half profit growth to $1.3 billion and gives guidance of a 10 per cent growth for the full year.
- by John Collett & Melanie Beeby
Kids & money
Royal Australian Mint launches a Willy Wonka-style treasure hunt
People are being urged to check their change after the mint released three million specially marked $1 coins.
- by Rachel Clun
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Investment banking
Macquarie link to investor accused of major Danish tax fraud
Macquarie Group did business with a British investor who has been accused by the Danish government of orchestrating a large-scale alleged tax fraud.
- by Clancy Yeates, Sönke Iwersen & Volker Votsmeier
Life insurance
AMP's shares jump on disclosure, takeover chatter
A deal announcement late last week saw AMP's share price fall as much as 30 per cent, prompting speculation that the company could be a takeover target.
- by Sarah Danckert
Opinion
Big four
NAB results confirm the 'golden age' of banking has ended
National Australia Bank's subdued performance reflects the tough environment, the impact of the royal commission and its own radical restructuring.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Big four
Aggressive mortgage discounts don't 'make sense,' says NAB's Thorburn
NAB chief executive doubled-down in his criticism of the banking industry's long-established practice of offering lower interest rates for new mortgage customers
- by Clancy Yeates
Life insurance
AMP fights back as agitator investor ranks swell
AMP is again in crisis as a growing number of its investors join a revolt against company over its plans to sell parts of its life insurance business.
- by Sarah Danckert
Life insurance
Whiff of panic as AMP responds to deal critics
AMP has made its second presentation within a week on its $3.4 billion deal to sell its legacy businesses after a shareholder called for a board spill.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz