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Major decline in group insurance coverage: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has reported a sharp decline in group insurance coverage, pointing the finger at recent reforms. ASFA research indicates that the implementation of the Protecting Your Super (PYS) and Putting ...

IFM Investors appoints head of sustainable investment

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... board of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association and its policy committee. She is also an active member of the PMI Advisory Council, ABI Climate Change and Stewardship Working Groups, Occupational Pensions Stewardship Council, and several ...

Economic recap: Week to October 8

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
... retailers that are then passed on to consumers. Voila! We now get the "flation" part of "stagflation". The JP Morgan Global PMI survey showed that both input costs and output charges accelerated for both the manufacturing and services sectors in September. ...

Economic recap: Week to September 17

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... Xiaoping's socialist cum capitalist philosophy. "You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille," as Kenny Rogers would say. Latest PMI data show that China's manufacturing and services sectors dropped below the expansion/contraction mark in August ...

Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... 1.35% at the end of last week - down from this year's high of 1.74% recorded at the end of March. IHS Markit's US PMI survey supported concerns that the economy has reached its peaked. While still at a reading indicating expansion, the composite ...

Economic recap: Week to July 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... registered readings indicating expansion. This contrasts with the IHS Markit Australia manufacturing survey that showed the PMI easing to 58.6 in June due mainly to the Victorian lockdown. Then again, the June result followed May's record high reading ...

Chief economist update: Japan still waiting for the sun to rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... growth and inflation that are still wobbling from the on-going restriction measures as captured by the latest au Jibun Bank PMI surveys. Preliminary estimates show that Japan's composite PMI eased to a reading of 47.8 in June - the second straight ...

Chief economist update: Anchoring the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... the year to the March 2021 quarter from negative 4.7% in the previous quarter. The lead from the latest IHS Markit Eurozone PMI survey foretells continued improvement. The IHS Markit Eurozone PMI composite index increased to a reading of 57.1 in May ...

Chief economist update: The UK's going OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
... consumer and business spending combined to speed up the UK's recovery. This is underscored by the latest IHS Markit/CIPS PMI survey. Preliminary estimates reveal that the UK composite PMI jumped from April's final reading of 60.7 to 62.0 in May ...

Chief economist update: Twist in tail of Aussie economic revival

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... but remains elevated," sums up Markit Economics' findings for the month of May. The IHS Markit flash Australia composite PMI output index eased to a reading of 58.1 in May, but this, from April's final reading of 58.9 - the highest level recorded ...
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