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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... the Fed now expects GDP growth to expand by 2.0% in both 2016 and 2017, down from the 2.2% (2016) and 2.1%) projected in March. Projections for the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.7% this year and 4.6% in 2017 but inflation forecasts were lifted ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... production went up by 0.5% in the month of April -- up from the preliminary estimate of a 0.3% rise - following a 0.3% gain in March and expectations for an increase of 0.4%. However, the previous two month's gains remained insufficient to offset the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... confidence. The NAB business confidence index fell to a reading of plus 3 in May from plus 5 in the previous month and plus 6 in March. The business conditions index remained unchanged at plus 10 in May from April - above the long-run average of plus ...

Aspen Group CEO, CFO and chair depart in restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... Aspen Parks Property Fund to Discovery Holiday Parks Group. The group's portfolio is now valued at $80 million. Then, in March, the board received an unsolicited proposal from Mill Hill Capital (MHC) to acquire Edward Baillie Capital Hotel & Leisure ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... year. This is not god news for the outlook for consumer prices which already registered back to back negative readings in March (minus 0.1%) and April (-0.3%). Bank of Korea cuts South Korea's central bank unexpectedly cut interest rates by 25 basis ...

NAB responds to ASIC market manipulation allegations

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... swap reference rate (BBSW) from 2010 to 2012; the regulator previously targeted ANZ and Westpac in this investigation in March and April respectively. ASIC has alleged that NAB, along with Westpac and ANZ, "intended to create an artificial price for ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... recording no growth in the previous month - using mostly their savings - the savings rate fell to 5.4% in April from 5.9% in March. This is confirmed by reports showing that US consumer credit rose by just US$13.4 billion in April, sharply lower than ...

RBC makes senior hire from BNP

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... will work alongside fellow BNP alumnus Stephen Tremelling. This news follows Perpetual retaining RBC as its custodian in March, extending a relationship that dates back to 2001. At the time, Travers said: "We're committed to providing Perpetual with ...

Super funds reverse poor start to 2016

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... default option MySuper Index showed a positive 1.4% monthly return in April which, combined with the positive return in March, has effectively reversed the negative results for January and February. The positive month contributed to the rolling performance ...

Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... rejoice! The Australian equity market's reaction to the better-than-expected - heaps better - 1.1% quarterly expansion in March quarter real GDP is beginning to plant the seed of doubt in my psyche. Doubt that perhaps my next-door neighbour (and lately ...