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Bump in business confidence and conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... indications in last months' survey. Labour costs pick up at a quarterly rate of 1.0% in January from 0.6% in December. Purchase costs increased by 0.6% last month from 0.4% in December and final product prices went up by 0.7% from 0.2%.

Vehicle sales hit the roadblock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
... December and 16.6 in November. As expected, the removal of the government's incentive on small vehicles - halving the 10% purchase tax on vehicles with 1.6-litre engines or smaller - on 31 December 2016 put the brakes on vehicle sales in the country. ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
Three major world central banks met this week - all three kept monetary policy unchanged, all three expect better growth ahead. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) was first off the bat. The Japanese central bank decided to keep policy settings as they are at the ...

Roger the new face of REST Super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... Rosie, is similarly an artificial intelligence assistant which guides customers through their financial services product purchase and answers general inquires. REST's virtual customer service specialist will operate alongside a live chat messaging function ...

Investec snaps up NSW properties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
The Investec Australia Property Fund increased its exposure to New South Wales with the acquisition of three properties. For a combined total of $160 million, the property firm has purchased 2 Richardson Road, North Ryde, and 20 and 24 Rodborough Road ...

Tax breaks drive China car sales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
China's tax break on small vehicles -- halving the 10% purchase tax on vehicles with 1.6-liter engines or smaller - is having the same impact as the US' 'cash for clunkers' programme back in July 2009, it's sending car purchases in a frenzy. Data released ...

Energy fuels US cross-border inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
The price of goods and services bought and sold by America from its trading partners lifted in December - both largely driven by surging energy prices. US export prices rose by 0.3% in the month of December following a 0.1% dip in the previous month. ...

Australian Unity buys Altius, sells down Wingate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
As part of an expansion of its wealth business, Australian Unity will purchase the remainder of fixed interest manager Altius Asset Management. In a statement to Financial Standard, Australian Unity Wealth chief executive David Bryant said it is part ...

Top 10 investment stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
1. AustralianSuper merges investment options In January AustralianSuper closed three investment options and replaced them with two as part of a streamlining process aiming to keep costs low and refocus the fund's investment efforts. The industry super ...

ICG acquires major WA wind farm

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
Infrastructure Capital Group completed a full acquisition of one of Western Australia's largest wind farms. The acquisition of the 55-megawatt, 22-turbine Mumbida Wind Farm brings ICG's Energy Infrastructure Trust to $1.2 billion in assets, representing ...