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Bentley slams Keybridge response to restructure proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
Bentley Capital has criticised Keybridge Capital's explanatory notes about the former's proposal to remove Keybridge's chair and appoint Bentley nominees to the board. On July 7, ahead of Keybridge's July 29 extraordinary general meeting, Keybrige chair ...

Returning Fed hike expectations could be flattened by yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... appears it already has with the US trade deficit rising significantly to US$41.1 billion in May from US$37.4 billion in April - as well as putting downward pressure on US inflation. The longer end of the US bond market appears to be betting on this - ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
AiG performance of construction index The Australian Industry Group's (AiG) performance of construction index jumped to 53.20 in June from 46.7 in the previous month. The index's rise to a 10-momth high was driven by a rebound to expansion territory ...

ASIC drops Macquarie AFSL conditions

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
ASIC has removed the additional conditions placed on Macquarie Bank's Australian financial service licence (AFSL) following KPMG's review of the company. KPMG was engaged by Macquarie in April 2016 to undertake an external expert review of the effectiveness ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... 0.5% gain. In year-on-year terms, total credit growth remains decent - up 6.7% in the year to May after growth of 6.9% in April - the fastest annual rate post-GFC. Total credit slowed the most back in November 2009, recording an annual growth rate of ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... decline in the previous month. Sales of detached homes continued to contract - down by 6.7% in May after falling by 3.0% in April - but "multi-unit" sales rebounded by 4.9% last month after slumping by 10.7% in April. HIA chief economist Harley Dale ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
US GDP The Bureau of Economic Analysis' (BEA) third estimate of the US economy showed that real GDP grew at an annualised rate of 1.1% in the first quarter of this year. This is higher than market expectations for a 1.0% growth and an upgrade from the ...

ASIC takes Macquarie to court over van Eyk fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
ASIC has commenced proceedings against Macquarie Investment Management in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. ASIC's legal action relates to Macquarie's role as the responsible entity for the van Eyk Blueprint International Shares Fund and $30 million ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
Australia leading index "Leading Index improves but still points to below trend momentum". This is the header of Westpac's media release on the latest update of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity. The index tracks future ...

AAT reduces adviser ban

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has varied a decision by ASIC to ban a financial adviser for three years. Upon reviewing ASIC's decision, the AAT decided to reduce Atish Prasad's ban from three years to 18 months. Prasad was initially banned ...