Insurance and Finance

UK banking enterprise CYBG has tweaked its earnings aspirations, which brokers expect will require double digit revenue growth as well as a lower cost base.

Finance provider business FlexiGroup has affirmed its growth targets as it undergoes a re-balancing of its business mix.

Thermal coal deficit looms; output freeze in oil?; central banks and gold; Moody’s puts major banks on negative outlook.

The quality of Bendigo & Adelaide Bank’s FY16 result was poor, brokers contend. The main positive is the potential for advanced accreditation.

Investment strategies and the earnings season; house supply; real estate classifieds.

Brokers suggest investment in Australian banks requires a new strategy in an unfamiliar environment.

Silver Chef’s maiden FY17 guidance has disappointed, prompting broker downgrades, although the story is not as bad as it may seem.

FNArena’s Treasure Chest reports on money making ideas from stockbrokers and other experts. Cover-More has signed an interim underwriting agreement and Bell Potter suggests the uncertainty has eased.

Influences on the Aussie dollar; UBS on FY17 strategy; UBS supermarket suppliers survey; Macquarie reviews the APRA update on banks.

Market pressures for insurers; ESG research; top risks for banks; stock specifics drive consumer sector; Praemium’s major contract; the value of Pureprofile .