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Down, down business conditions are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... surprised at last month's NAB business survey - that showed Australian business conditions rocketed to an all-time high in October but confidence hardly budged - is more than just an understatement for even the survey people at NAB were also perplexed. ...

AAT upholds ruling against ex-Macquarie and ex-Credit Suisse advisers

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... alerted him to the likely breach of the market manipulation prohibitions." Credit Suisse ceased issuing MINIs on ASX in October 2013.

French giant intensifies action on global warming

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... working toward a target of lending €15 billion to renewable energy projects by 2020. Further, the bank announced in October it would no longer work with companies whose principle business activities involve the exploitation of gas or oil from shale ...

ANZ sells life insurance business for $2.85 billion

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... divestment of its OnePath pension and investments business, along with four aligned dealer groups, to IOOF, as announced in October. IOOF said the acquisitions will position it to be the second largest advice business in Australia by funds under advice ...

Good news or bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... market expectations for an increase to CNY800 billion and CNY663 billion in the previous month - the lowest level since October 2016. In other news, China's producer and consumer price inflation both eased last month. Producer price inflation increased ...

America is full

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... "promised" third rate hike finale for 2017 this week. US employment increased by 228K in November following a 244K gain in October. This is greater than market expectations for a 200K pick up and more than made up for the hurricane-affected miniscule ...

Retail MySuper outpacing NFP products

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... Rainmaker's SuperGuard 360 research shows the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) sector underperformed in the 12 months to October. SuperGuard 360 SMSF reference index of 10.2% per annum underperformed the comparative SG360 default index of 12% ...

Thinning trade surplus shaves A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
Financial markets expected Australia's trade surplus to narrow in October but not by this much. The Australian Bureau of Statistics'(ABS) 'International Trade in Goods and Services report showed that the country's trade surplus dropped to just A$105 ...

Fixed income specialist wins mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... Manager recently invested in US$7.5 billion Florida-based manager DSM Capital Partners' Global Growth Equity strategy. In October, it took a stake in India Avenue Investment Management's India Avenue Equity Fund, which invests in 51 listed Indian companies ...

A case for faster wages growth (or not)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... previous month for its 14th straight month of expansion. The performance of services index increased to 51.7 from 51.4 in October - the ninth consecutive month that it's been above the 50 expansion/contraction line. Similarly, retail sales data released ...