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Life insurance ripe for disruption

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... will not be there for them in their time of need. The 8% growth the retail segment experienced in the last five years will taper off, driven by "declining adviser numbers, an increased focus on sales compliance and overall market saturation," the report ...

One small rise in rates, one giant step towards normalisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
Don't you just love it when things turn out as expected? Wall Street surely did. US equities jumped -- Dow up 0.5%, S&P up 0.84%, Nasdaq up 0.7%, Russell 2000 up 1.5% -- the VIX index dropped by 5.5% and instead of climbing, the US dollar index fell ...

Good credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... European Central Bank's (ECB) efforts to boost economic activity in the region are working that, in turn, could lift gathering "taper" expectations. However, these expectations should be tempered by still low inflation in the single currency area. While ...

Heading the ECB's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Growth and inflation in the Eurozone economy continue to head in the right direction. Preliminary estimates show that the region's GDP expanded by 0.5% in the fourth quarter, quicker than the third quarter's 0.4% pace and expectations for the same and ...

Rising exports drive wider surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... European Central Bank (ECB) meets this week (19 January). Financial markets would look for signals from the ECB regarding "taper" particularly in light of the improving outlook for the economy.

Part-pensioners short-changed by asset test changes

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... living, retirees will need to generate 7.8% per annum following the changes. The reason for this is the doubling of the taper rate to a reduction of $3 per fortnight for every $1000 in assets above the full pension asset test amounts. "In our low-return ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... month. As a matter of interest, the LMCI printed at 5.4 in November 2013 and 2.5 in December before the Fed announced QE taper in December of the same year. It read 4.4 and 4.7 in September and October of 2014 before QE ended in October of the same year. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
US Markit manufacturing PMI Markit's preliminary estimates show that activity in the US manufacturing sector accelerated to a reading of 53.2 in October from 51.5 in the previous month. This is the highest reading since October last year and is sharply ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
Australia employment The heading of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Labour Force, Australia" report says it all, "Shift to part-time employment continues". Overall employment fell by 9,800 in September following an 8,600 decline in August ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... businesses". As a matter of interest, the LMCI printed at 5.4 in November 2013 and 2.5 in December before the Fed announced QE taper in December of the same year. It read 4.4 and 4.7 in September and October of 2014 before QE ended in October of the ...