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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
US personal income and outlays Sluggish US personal income and spending data have doused speculations of an April rate hike - prompted by St. Louis Fed president James Bullard's comments last week that, "You get another strong jobs report, it looks ...

FEAL appoints new independent chair

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
The Fund Executives Association (FEAL) has appointed Jane Perry as independent chair, effective August 2016. Perry will replace current chair, Neil Cochrane, who has held the position for six years, the maximum tenure allowed under the FEAL constitution. ...

PC releases Efficiency and Competition Review issues paper

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
The Productivity Commission has released an issues paper outlining how it will be approaching its latest efficiency and competition review of the superannuation system. The review was commissioned by Treasurer Scott Morrison earlier this year as part ...

ZIRP to bring back "animal spirits"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
Actual total private new capital expenditures may have surprised on the upside, rising by 0.8% in the three months ended December 2015 when they were expected to drop by 3.0% but... they're still not a pretty set of numbers. Uglier still, according ...

Aussie jobs trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
Another month, another surprise set of numbers from "6202.0 - Labour Force, Australia". In December, 'twas a positive surprise with Australian employment shedding only 1,000 heads (now revised to just an 800 cut) versus expectations for a 12,500 reduction. ...

Down but upbeat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
Thank heavens for 'Australia Day'! The holiday saved us, Australians all, from being whipsawed by the big swings in oil prices and on Wall Street. But there's even greater reason to remain optimistic - if not rejoice - for even before we downed our ...

VFMC lands new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) will be led by a new chief executive officer from February after announcing its replacement for acting chief executive Justin Pascoe. Joining VFMC as its top executive will be Lisa Gray, who previously spent ...

SMSFs and growth funds hit hardest by sell-off

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
Self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) and high-growth superannuation funds are likely to have felt the brunt of recent share market volatility hardest in 2016. It is a tiny window to be analysing the impact of market movements but Rainmaker research ...

Another Aussie jobs surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
Despite growing worries over China, commodity prices, Fed policy and the slow transition from resources to the non-mining sector of the economy, the Australian labour market remains resilient. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that ...

China's green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
The Australian equity market's reaction to better-than-expected Chinese trade data shows just how dependent Ozland is on Beijing. The All Ordinaries index closed 1.2% in the green - the first rise after seven straight days of declines this year - after ...