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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
US consumer confidence The Conference Board's consumer confidence index dropped to 98.6 in October following a downwardly revised 103.5 reading (from 104.1) in the previous month. This is much lower than market expectations for a slight decrease to ...

ETF market capitalisation continues to grow

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
Exchange traded funds have continued to experience strong growth in 2016, with the sector reaching market capitalisation of $24.1 billion to the year 30 September 2016, up 24.7% on the previous year. According to Zenith Investment Partners' latest sector ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
US Markit manufacturing PMI Markit's preliminary estimates show that activity in the US manufacturing sector accelerated to a reading of 53.2 in October from 51.5 in the previous month. This is the highest reading since October last year and is sharply ...

The Fed "live" in November

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
It seems so long ago now but at the start of October (or thereabouts), we were treated to several regional Fedspeaks -- including, among others, Cleveland Federal Reserve president Loretta Mester, Richmond Federal Reserve president Jeffrey Lacker, Kansas ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
Australia employment The heading of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Labour Force, Australia" report says it all, "Shift to part-time employment continues". Overall employment fell by 9,800 in September following an 8,600 decline in August ...

Equititrust CEO remains permanently banned

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
The former chief executive and founding director of Equititrust remains permanently banned from providing financial services after withdrawing his application to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of ASIC's decision. Mark McIvor was permanently ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
Australia leading index The future's looking good for Australia. This is the indication from the latest reading of the Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity. The six month annualised growth rate in the index - "which indicates ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... rising inflation due to the pound sterling's depreciation, the UK's annual headline inflation rate sped up to 1.0% in September - the fastest rate since November 2014 -- from 0.6% in the previous month and greater than market expectations for a 0.9% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... CPI inflation Final figures show that CPI inflation in the single currency region increased by 0.4% in the year to September -- double that of the previous month's 0.2% rate. The fastest inflation reading since October 2014 was driven by higher costs ...

AMP Capital acquires stake in desalination plant

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
AMP Capital has reached financial close to acquire a 5.2% stake in the Victorian Desalination Project (VDP) from Pacific Partnerships. Funded by the AMP Capital Community Infrastructure Fund (CommIF), VDP was delivered as a public private partnership ...