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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... respondents (53%) expected to derive personal retirement income from "superannuation/annuity/allocated pension". US consumer confidence A rebound on Wall Street and a more dovish Fed pushed the Conference Board's consumer confidence index up to 96.2 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... increased purchases of capital goods (5.6%), non-oil products (4.8%) and intermediate goods (2.5%). South Korea consumer confidence Consumer confidence among South Koreans improved to a reading of 100 - an equal number of optimists and pessimists - in ...

Consumer (un)confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... expand at a moderate pace in the near-term." This is how the Conference Board summed up the result of its consumer confidence survey for February. The headline index dropped to a reading of 92.2 in February from 97.8 in the previous month (which, itself ...

Gold starts to glisten (like 2008?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... recession. However, the loss of confidence in central banks' credibility and the accompanying loss of investor and consumer confidence could easily become a self-fulfilling recession prophecy. Back in the late 1990s, central banks unloaded their gold ...

It's "whatever it takes" time again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... expected to move even lower. Another "de"-flation risk is the ominous indication from fresh data that showed consumer confidence decreased by 0.6 points to minus 6.3 in January - below expectations for an unchanged minus 5.7 reading. More pessimistic ...

Japanese consumers a tad more confident

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Japan's Cabinet Office reported that consumer confidence stood at 42.7 in December. While this is much higher than market expectations for a 42.3 print, it's only a slight improvement from the previous month's 42.6 reading. The overall index is derived ...

The Fed's done it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... of the Fed's last five rate hikes on the economy - unemployment rate, inflation, average hourly earnings, consumer confidence - and the financial markets - US dollar, S&P 500 index, MSCI world index - and concluded that, "In truth, little is known about ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... revised lower from 3.2% to 3.0% in the September quarter, what happens when it declines by more? The latest consumer confidence out last night - down to 90.4 in November from 99.1 - is a worry for much of the sharp decline was due to consumer pessimism ...

Good tidings sway RBA to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... business conditions remained at elevated levels with a reading of plus 9 in September, unchanged from August. Consumer confidence has also recovered. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment rose by 4.2% to 97.8 in October from 93.9 ...

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... about adding to staffing levels. But we don't need our imaginations for this, the Conference Board's latest consumer confidence survey -- the index dropped to 97.6 in October from 102.6 in the previous month (downwardly revised from 103.0) - shows that ...

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Invesco launches new equity fund

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Invesco said the new fund will give Australian investors access to a systematic global equity strategy with a 20-year track record.

FCA pursues Neil Woodford again

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is going after failed fund manager Neil Woodford again, this time for allegedly providing unauthorised investment advice via W4.0, his Dubai-based investment platform.

Former APRA deputy chair launches retirement solutions startup

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:03PM
A former APRA deputy chair has launched CipherIQ, a new venture that provides retirement solutions via account-based pensions in partnership with superannuation funds, financial advisers and retirees.

Global X launches space tech ETF

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