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Surefire Melbourne Cup bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... it's not 6%. The acceleration in the annual growth rate in employment offers good tidings - up 3.1% in the year to September - the fastest rate since September 2008 - from 2.7% in the previous month. Increasing demand for labour should soon bring the ...

ECB schedules taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
The European Central Bank's (ECB) October monetary policy meeting ended financial market speculations over its QE exit strategy. ECB president Mario Draghi did what he telegraphed he would -- discuss QE unwind strategy in October - and offered something ...

Netwealth lodges prospectus for IPO

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
Netwealth is set to list on the ASX from November 20 with market capitalisation expected to be at $879.2 million. The investment platform provider today filed a prospectus with ASIC offering 71.3 million shares at $3.70 per share, expecting to raise ...

Aurora finalises Hastings takeover bid

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
Aurora Funds Management finalised its takeover bid for all ordinary units in the Hastings High Yield (HHY) Fund. Acting as the responsible entity for both the Aurora Global Income Trust (AIB) and HHY, Aurora closed the takeover bid on October 13. The ...

Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... the year to September from 10.1% in the previous month and annual growth in industrial production advanced by 6.6% in September - the fastest since June - from 6% in August but fixed asset investment slowed to 7.5% from 7.8% over the same period. These ...

Jobs galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... Even better, growth in full-time jobs has consistently accelerated over the past seven months, up 3.9% in the year to September - the sharpest increase one month short of 10 years (October 2007 at 4%). This should underpin increased consumer spending ...

Beige Book report delivers known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
Back in the day - in the 1990s - when I still had a full head of hair, we placed great importance to the Fed's Beige Book report for it was up there with major indicators like employment and inflation that spark major market movements. The US Federal ...

Go ahead BOE, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... both headline and core - remained above the BOE's 2% target. Headline CPI inflation accelerated to 3% in the year to September - the fastest rate since April 2012 - from 2.9% in the previous month. Core inflation (ex- energy, food, alcohol and tobacco) ...

Board changes at Crestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
Crestone Wealth Management announced a number of board changes that will help steer the firm's expansion in 2018. Leigh Clifford assumes the position of chair, succeeding John McDonald who remains a non-executive director. Clifford joined as a non-executive ...

Class chief flags AMP departure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
At the group's annual general meeting, Class chief executive Kevin Bungard flagged AMP's plans to migrate off the Class Super platform. While no timeframe has been specified, Bungard said this was because of AMP's SuperConcepts business, which functions ...