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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
It isn't called the "mother of all stats" for nothing. The US non-farm payrolls report is the most-watched, eagerly-awaited, much-speculated and heavily-dissected statistic not only in America but around the globe. But its outing last Friday produced ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... straight quarter of year-on-year contraction. Spending on buildings & structures decreased by 5.7% in the three months to September (down 24.3% year on year) while expenditure on equipment, plant & machinery fell by 1.9% (up 4.6% yoy). The mining sector ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
Australia private sector credit Total private sector increased by 0.5% in the month of October, better than market expectations for a 0.4% rise and followed gains of 0.4% in each of the previous three months. October's monthly gain were driven by the ...

MySuper lifecycle funds lead the pack

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
The latest Rainmaker Information report indicates several bank-owned MySuper products are increasing their position in the highly competitive superannuation marketplace, especially through lifecycle funds. Rainmaker's September quarter MySuper report ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
US GDP Today's data releases out of the US all but strengthens expectations for a December Fed rate hike. The Bureau of Economic Analysis upgraded US third quarter GDP growth to an annualised rate of 3.2% from the advance estimate of 2.9% and 1.4% in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
US Dallas Fed manufacturing survey Consistent with the significant improvement in recent surveys in the US regions of Philadelphia, Richmond, Kansas City and New York, the Dallas Fed general business activity index surged to a reading of 10.2 in November ...

Green bonds open impact avenue

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
The interest and popularity of socially responsible investments has created new opportunities for investors, and green bonds especially have opened avenues to impact investments for fixed income investors. According to Moody's Investors Service, in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
Australia managed funds industry The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that the managed funds industry saw a 2.2% increase in funds under management to A$2,774.5 billion in the September quarter from A$2,715.5 billion in the June quarter. ...

Listed infrastructure has winners and losers

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
An evaluation of listed infrastructure is becoming ever more difficult as market conditions in the past year highlight how diverse the asset class is, toppled with the lack of a commonly accepted benchmark. In its recent Infrastructure Securities Sector ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... orders surged by 4.8% in the month of October, beating market expectations for a 1.5% gain and followed a stronger September - upwardly revised from -0.1% to 0.4%. Year-on-year, growth in orders quickened to 2.1% in October from 1.6% in the previous ...