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Slack Eurozone labour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... final Eurozone Composite PMI rose to 54.4 in December from a preliminary reading of 53.9 and 53.9 in November. It is the highest reading since May of 2011 as an acceleration in manufacturing - up to 54.7 (the best since April 2011) from 53.7 in November ...

Every American's turning optimist

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... on the US economic outlook - rose to a reading of 55.6 in January (a reading above 50 indicates optimism). This is the highest level in 10 years and two months (November 2006) and follows the 3.4 point surged in December 2016 to 54.8. The survey details ...

Trump makes small beautiful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) business optimism index surged to its highest level since December 2004, jumping to a reading of 105.8 last month and continuing the optimism - the index gained 3.5 points to 98.4 in November ...

US at full employment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... of the latest jobs report showed that average hourly earnings growth accelerated to 2.9% in the year to December - the highest in the current cycle - from 2.5% in the previous month. Economists think that the magic figure when this starts flowing through ...

Australia construction activity eases contraction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... seven sub-activity indices recording improvement. The AiG performance of services index surged to 57.7 in December - the highest level since May 2007 - from 51.1 in the previous month with all five-sub activity indices decidedly above the 50 expansion/contraction ...

Sydney planners topping salary figures

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... peers. The 2017 Robert Walters Salary Survey found that Sydney planners can expect to earn up to $160,000 annually; the highest reported figure in Melbourne was $125,000 and $120,000 in Adelaide. All three saw a base salary expectation of $80,000 with ...

BT doubles wrap market share

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... part to an internal transfer of a previously unreported $10.4 billion, Macquarie recorded a 36.5% growth in business, the highest overall. Commonwealth/Colonial came in second with 9%, followed by BT (7.3%), Mercer (6.9%), AMP (5.8%) and Perpetual (5.5%). ...

Trump keeping M&A on a leash

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
... report noted strong activity throughout the year - amounting to 17,369 deals representing US$3.2 trillion and the third-highest deal value since 2007 - it was 18.1% down on 2015, which Mergermarket attributed to "a series of political shockwaves." The ...

Asia driving infrastructure deal activity

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
Asia recorded US$131 billion in infrastructure asset deals in 2016, the highest of any region. Preqin research found the total value of infrastructure deals in 2016 reached an all-time high of US$413 billion, with Asia driving the majority of deal value. ...

Aussie advice firm sold to US risk manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 JAN 2017
... Patrick Gallagher Jr said the Australian firm's "solid culture, similar business model and commitment to delivering the highest professional standards will be a wonderful addition to our employee benefits consulting operations." In 2014 the Association ...