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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
Australia NAB business confidence The latest NAB business survey showed business confidence and business conditions declined in October but according to NAB chief economist, Alan Oster, "The recent moderation in some NAB Business Survey indicators is ...

Grant Samuel sells 80pct stake in GSFM

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
Canadian wealth management firm CI Financial has purchased an 80% stake in Grant Samuel Funds Management. The deal is expected to close later this month with CI acquiring the stake previously held by the corporate advisory firm Grant Samuel, which established ...

ETFs to reach $6 trillion by 2020

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
Retail investment is continuing to dominate the Australian ETF market and the sector is expected to gain further traction among high net worth and mass affluent investors. This is one of the key takeaways from the fourth annual EY global ETF survey ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
Australia private sector credit Total private sector credit increased by 0.4% in September - in line with market expectations - following similar gains in the previous two months. Credit to housing and to business went up by 0.5% (from up 0.5% in August) ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
Australia export and import prices When the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the June quarter National Accounts last September, one notable piece of information was the bureau's mention that "The Terms of trade increased by 2.3% in seasonally ...

CPI says RBA no go on Melbourne Cup Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
You can bet the house on your favourite steed come 1 November, Melbourne Cup Day, but not on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) shaving another 25 basis points off the official cash rate that currently stands at a record low 1.5%. This is the message ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
US consumer confidence The Conference Board's consumer confidence index dropped to 98.6 in October following a downwardly revised 103.5 reading (from 104.1) in the previous month. This is much lower than market expectations for a slight decrease to ...

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 ...

Bravura appoints account management head

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
Software provider Bravura Solutions has appointed a new head of account management. Ron Mullins joins Bravura from superannuation and wealth management consultant IQ Group, where he was director of business development for four years. Prior to that ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
Australia new motor vehicle sales Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data show that the total new motor vehicle sales rose by 2.5% over the month of September to a record high 100,640 units. This followed a flat outcome in the previous month and ...