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Chief economist update: RBA more likely to cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... 0.3% in the third quarter (from 0.8% in the second); the Eurozone's GDP growth halved to just 0.2% in the September quarter (from 0.4%); and the UK's growth remains uncertain due to Brexit. The indications from the domestic economy haven't ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the capex details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... a 2.2% increase in equipment, plant and machinery. Year-on-year, actual total capex declined by 0.6% in the September quarter, a sharp reversal from the second quarter's 1.7% increase and a sharp downturn from the strong 4.2% gain in the March quarter. ...

Chief economist update: Is TLTRO III coming?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... the extent of the slowdown. Economic growth in the single-currency region has eased to 1.7% in the year to the September quarter. This is the slowest annual growth rate since the third quarter of 2012 and marks the fourth straight quarter of easing growth. ...

Chief economist update: Predictions allude to frozen RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... year after. The average of the weighted median and trimmed mean measures of inflation stood at 1.75% in the September quarter. These forecasts flies in the face of expectations - and the RBA's missive that interest rates are more likely to go up ...

Australia's first active fixed income ETF goes live

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... Challenger's multi-affiliate Fidante who in June said it would launch a series of actively managed ETFs starting with a September quarter launch of a fixed income ETF. For BNDS, Deutsche and Susquehanna are acting as the market makers.The managers ...

Chief economist update: Faster wages growth a one-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... labour market conditions. Annual wage growth at the Australia level was 2.3%, the highest growth rate since September quarter 2015." That's Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) chief economist Bruce Hockman talking about the results of the Wage ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... negative inflation indications - all CPI measures fell below the low end of the RBA's 2%-3% target band in the September quarter and wages growth remained stagnant. Speaking of stagnant, China's economy appears to be heading there. Being Australia's ...

Diversa executive joins managed accounts specialist

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... fiduciary services Stephen Blood. OneVue owns Diversa. Additionally, OneVue updated its investors this week on its September quarter performance. Its managed fund administration service added nine new funds, meaning this business now administers more ...

Chief economist update: Australia's low(er)-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... inflation disappoints. According to the ABS, Australia's annual headline inflation rate weakened to 1.9% in the September quarter from 2.1% in the June quarter. The average of the core measures - weighted median and trimmed mean - was unchanged at ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone growth slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... in the Eurozone. Advance estimates show that the single currency region's GDP grew by a mere 0.2% in the September quarter - half the previous two quarters 0.4% rate, half market expectations for a 0.4% expansion and the weakest quarterly growth ...