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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
Australia new home sales The Housing Industry Association reported that sales of new homes fell by 4.4% to 7,278 units in the month of May following a 4.7% decline in the previous month. Sales of detached homes continued to contract - down by 6.7% in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... sales of goods and services (indicating unwanted inventory buildup). Australia new homes sales The Housing Industry Association reported that new home sales in Australia fell by 4.7% in April, partly reversing the previous month's 8.9% increase, driven ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... increase in exports and a smaller 1% gain in imports. Australia new home sales Likewise, data from the Housing Industry Association (HIA) shows that sales of new homes in the country have again picked up pace, rising by 8.9% -- the fastest pace since ...

T. Rowe Price names Japan country head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
T. Rowe Price has named Naoyuki Honda as its new country head for Japan. A thirty-year veteran of the financial services and asset management industries, Honda will join the firm in early May after a filing with Japanese regulators. He will lead T. ...

Nominations open for 2016 MAX Awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... There are 22 award categories in total with new categories including: Financial Services App of the Year, Industry Association of the Year and Agency of the Year - Financial Services. There are team categories launched this year including Marketing Team ...

ASIC changes market rules for Chi-X ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... paper, ASIC received seven written and oral responses from "market participants, market operators and an industry association." These responses pertained to issues such as joint explanatory booklets for the Chi-X and ASX warrants markets (in particular ...

Australian hedge funds on course to reach $100bn

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... fund industry, according to the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund industry association. Currently managing $96.9 billion in assets, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), this ...

LUCRF defends political campaign allegations

MARK SMITH, DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund (LUCRF) has responded to allegations that it paid thousands of dollars to a National Union of Workers fund, IR21, to finance political campaigns. Reports in News Ltd papers have claimed the industry super fund's ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... news on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia is due to release financial aggregates for June while the Housing Industry Association trades report for the March quarter is also due out. In equities news, Origin Energy and Paladin Energy June are expected ...

AFA tweaking life insurance framework

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers is refining aspects of the Life Insurance Framework developed jointly with the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) and Financial Services Council (FSC). The three industry associations reached consensus ...