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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 ...

Inflated attention on September US CPI inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
Heading into last weekend, financial headlines abound over the latest update on US consumer price inflation. Financial market participants keenly awaited its release for clues on future Fed monetary policy direction...or so the headlines say. I say ...

Confidence up but will consumers shop?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey that showed the index jumping to a reading of 101.35 in October from 97.87 in September - itself, an improvement from th3 95.45 recorded in August. There were improvements galore in the October survey's ...

ECB exit: 2018 or 2021?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
"If we manage to put the unconventional tools back into the box when the time comes, we will be able to claim that the ECB successfully achieved its objective. And in my view, this time has come. We need to discuss how to exit from our unconventional ...