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PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... the Chinese economy with the flash index dropping below the 50 expansion/contraction line to an 11-month low of 49.2 in March from 50.7 in the previous month. While the new orders index improved, at 49.3 (from 47.1 in February), it remains in contraction ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... Chinese manufacturing data, but perked up after a survey showed eurozone business activity hit a near four-year high in March. The closely watched Markit Economics report Composite Purchasing Managers Output Index (PMI) rose to 54.1 points from 53.3 ...

EQT appoints funds management GM

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... reporting to EQT executive general manager of corporate trustee services Harvey Kalman. Weaving joined Equity Trustees in March 2012 as a key account manager and was previously at Vanguard and AXA. In her new role, she will also support and manage the ...

The real problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... rate five times since April. The central bank has steadily lifted interest rates since the SELIC rate bottomed at 7.25% in March 2013. It raised its target rate again last month to 12.75%, less than a full two months after it jacked up rates by 50 basis ...

"Patient" is the (key)word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... hip... Now combine these with last night's fresh disappointing releases - empire state manufacturing index eased to 6.90 in March from 7.78 in the previous month (new orders now in contraction at minus 2.39); industrial production edged up a lower than ...

PBOC to QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... economy. But if these latest moves fail, QE could become an imperative. This or direct intervention -- like it did back in March last year when it doubled the yuan/US$ trading band that reversed the currency's climb. Historical precedence also doesn't ...

Providers boost adviser access to managed accounts

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... for the industry," Investment Trends senior analyst Recep Peker said. The report, which surveyed 500 financial planners in March, found that SMA usage had not grown and the number of advisers using them has remained stable at 18% since 2011. However ...

ASX half-year profit up 4.7%

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... Revenues rose by 5.9% to $348.7 million, and the ASX will pay a fully-franked interim dividend of 92.3c to shareholders in March. According to ASX chief executive and managing director Elmer Funke Kupper, significant revenue boosts came from fee reductions ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... will drop the "patient" phrase in the March statement." Will she, won't she? Would Aunt Janet drop the "patient" phrase in March, and then two Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings thereafter - April then June - lift-off here we come. She told ...

Easing here, there and everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... Reuters on 28 January tells of PM Li now liking 7% growth. He's set to announce this "at the annual parliament session in March, [and was] was endorsed by top party leaders and policymakers at a closed-door Central Economic Conference in December". I ...