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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey (reported earlier) where the index rose to 93.8 in November from 87.2 in October. Japanese consumer spending Some reports note that the latest update on the Japanese consumer provided mixed, if not confusing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... since December 2014 was driven by the jump in the index of future general business activity (31.6 in November from 4.6 in October), production (8.8 from 6.7), employment (4.5 from 0.2), capacity utilisation (3.6 from 0.8) and an improvement in new orders ...

Global firm introduces Australian pooled funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... Pzena Emerging Markets Value Fund to institutional investors across Australia and New Zealand. The fund was opened in October after receiving $70 million in seeding, with a concentrated portfolio of around 50 of the most undervalued names in its 750 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... month in a row, the flash estimate of the Nikkei Japan manufacturing PMI slowed to a reading of 51.1 in November from October's final reading of 51.4, disappointing market expectations for a rise to 51.7. Output, new orders, new export orders and employment ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... points to September quarter GDP growth. US durable goods orders US durable goods 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 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... funds rate next month? Existing home sales jumped by 2.0% to a seasonally adjusted annualised rate of 5.6 million units in October. This is the highest level since February 2007 and is better than market expectations for a 0.5% decline over the month. ...

Super assets up despite contributions dip

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... Meanwhile, Morningstar also released the results of its monthly Australian Superannuation Survey, showing that for the month of October the majority of growth funds recorded losses, with a median return of -0.7%. The survey also highlights that, within ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... performance of manufacturing and services surveys. The AiG performance of manufacturing index increased to a reading of 50.9 in October from 49.9 in September and 46.9 in August. The AiG performance of services index rose to a reading of 50.5 in October ...

Former Sentinel adviser slapped with ban

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... providing financial services for five years. Stephen Beckton, who was a representative of Sentinel from September 2013 to October 2015, was banned after ASIC found he did not comply with financial services laws on a number of occasions. Following a review ...

CommSec pays $200,000 penalty

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... CommSec. At that time CommSec did not apply a holder record to lock either of the accounts. Between 25 March 2014 and 14 October 2014, CommSec entered into 59 market transactions on behalf of the deceased client through instruction of a family member ...