Savers Quest For Yield
The CPI data which came out from the RBA yesterday registered 3%. This was very bad news for households with savings in deposit accounts at the banks, because ever more are finding that returns after...
View ArticleSavers Are Going To Get Crunched
There is bad news for those households with bank deposits. We have already seem a range of deposit repricing initiates by the banks, as they trim their deposit rates. But it is likely to get worst, as...
View ArticleHousehold Savings Intentions in 2015
We have updated our savings intentions data, using results from our latest household surveys. Today we outline the main findings from the research. Using the DFA property segmentation, we can compare...
View ArticleDFA Video Blog On Why Savers Are Getting Crunched
Savers are seeing deposit rates falling according to our household surveys. This short video explains why, and which households in particular are most impacted. There is bad news for those households...
View ArticleTerm deposits ‘copping it’
From The New Daily. Australian banks are borrowing money at record-low rates from their term-deposit customers, despite needing their cash more than ever. Dozens of institutions have cut the interest...
View ArticleThe Savings Market Is Not Working
One of the critical issues which is hardly discussed in the media is that fact that many savers have funds in accounts which are paying very low rates of interest, when in fact there are better deals...
View ArticlePrice Discrimination In the Savings Market
We discuss the UK's FCA report into the savings market
View ArticleA Change In The QE Weather Will Impact Savers
We review recent changes in central bank policies which will involve another bout of quantitative easing, and the impact on the saver community – a sector which silently are being taken to the...
View ArticleThe Global War ON Your Savings [Podcast]
We examine a recent article which highlights how Central Banks are crushing savers.
View ArticleA High Volt-age Bolt of Banking Lightening!
Steve Weston, fresh back from 4 years with Barclays in the UK was listening to the May 2017 budget speech, and his world changed. The budget contained a plethora of banking reforms, including Open...
View ArticleBanks Recoup Costs of Home Loan Cuts
CBA cut interest rates by as much as 0.30% across its savings accounts yesterday, exemplifying the tactics many banks are using to help recoup the costs incurred from reducing home loan rates by the...
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