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China's off to a good 2017 start

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
Li starts to get what he likes... and then some. Chinese prime minister Li Keqiang's 6.5% growth target for this year is tracking well (surprise, surprise) - with a buffer to boot - as China's economy growth accelerated in the first three months of ...

Lonsec upgrades NovaPort fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
Australian small caps manager NovaPort Capital's microcap equity fund received a ratings upgrade in recognition of the funds' ability to deliver robust long-term returns. During its latest review, Lonsec upgraded the microcap fund from 'recommended' ...

Confidence slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... the retail sales report showed that consumers are reining in discretionary spending - non-food retailing down 0.4% in February - and only buying essentials or staples - basic food retail up 0.3%. This is not surprising given low wage growth - 1.9% in ...

Workplace default funds deliver strong returns

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
More than 75% of workplace default superannuation options achieved annual returns over 10% for the year ending February 2017, with 40% achieving annual returns over 12%, latest Rainmaker research shows. The researcher found that February marked the ...

Let me down gently

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) must be breathing a sigh of relief at the latest housing finance figures indicating a slowdown in the country's property market. The bubbling Australian property ...

Not as good as the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... is because the second highest on record surplus was achieved not by booming export growth - up 1.0% in the month of February - but by a sharp contraction in imports - down by 5.0% over the same month. While an improvement from the 3% fall in January ...

Adviser sentiment turns corner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
The negativity around life insurance adviser sentiment is starting to turn a corner, according to new research from Zurich. Adviser sentiment improved marginally from 4.1 points in December 2015 to 4.2 points in February 2017, according to the Risk ...

RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... one swallow does not a spring make but the year-on-year growth in retail spending also slowed to 2.7% in the year to February - the slowest rate since July 2013 -- from 3.1% in the previous month and 4.3% in January last year. It appears that slowing ...

Damned if they do, damned if they don't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
First the good news. Crude oil prices have closed the March quarter of 2017 above the psychological US$50.00 per barrel mark - the level they have risen to since the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced that they (and non-OPEC ...

CBA prices inaugural climate bond

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
Commonwealth Bank priced its first Climate Bond, raising $650 million to fund a range of renewable and low-carbon projects in Australia. Proceeds from the issuance will fund 12 eligible Australian projects, including renewable energy generation through ...