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Chief economist update: Brexit uncertainty is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... is driving wages growth higher. UK total earnings including bonuses grew by 4.0% in the year to the July quarter - the fastest rate since the June quarter of 2008. Perverse as it may seem but the removal of Brexit uncertainty (if and when it comes) could ...

Chief economist update: This land is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
... survey point to continued deterioration in the SAR. The HK PMI dropped from a reading of 47.8 in June to 43.8 in July - the fastest rate of deceleration since March 2009 and the 16th straight month slowdown. As per IHS Markit: "The survey is now broadly ...

Chief economist update: The fear of Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... in June - is lifting wages. Average weekly earnings (excluding bonuses) grew by 3.9% in the year to June. This is the fastest annual rate of growth since June 2008 and the third straight month of wages growth acceleration. Shouldn't Brexit encourage ...

Fossil fuel holdings cost BlackRock investors $90bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... offer clients various product choices, including portfolios with a focus on ESG factors. These portfolios are among our fastest growing which reflects clients choosing to move in that direction," BlackRock said. Walking the talk Despite public announcements ...

Managed accounts hit milestone

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
... Group, Commonwealth Financial Planning, NAB and SMSF Advisers Network are the five largest advice licensees. IOOF is the fastest growing group among the big six - increasing its adviser footprint by 14% in the year to March, reflecting its ANZ acquis ...

BT Panorama boosts functionality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... advisers also increased by 48% during the period and customer account numbers were boosted by 78%. That makes BT Panorama the fastest growing retail platform in the last 12 months to March, with BT overall remaining the number one retail platform provider ...

ASIC FAR, advice industry contract

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... demonstrates the increasingly fragmented nature of Australia's financial advice landscape; smaller groups are the fastest growing while bigger groups contract or exit wealth entirely. For example, AMP and its associated advice groups shed more than ...

Sunsuper chief executive departs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... transformed Sunsuper's scale and capability and steered the organisation through an intense period of growth to become the fastest-growing top-10 superannuation fund in Australia," he said. Hartley stepped into the role in late 2013, when Sunsuper ...

Chief economist update: ECB exit proves premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... year to the March 2019 quarter after peaking at 2.8% in the September 2017 quarter. While HICP inflation jumped to its fastest rate in five months to 1.7% in April, it's down from the 2.3% rate recorded in October last year and had been below the ...

Chief economist update: Glass half-full or US recession on the way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... turn, encourages greater consumption. Meanwhile, personal spending jumped by 0.9% in the month of March which was the fastest monthly rate of increase since nine and half years (August 2009). Sure, there are signs of slowing. Both the ISM manufacturing ...