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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... two years - in July, more than reversing the previous month's 8.2% increase. Sales of detached homes declined by 7.4% in July (after rising by 7.2% in June) while sales of apartments, townhouses and units dropped by 17.3% in July following increases ...

Retail FUA growth drives HUB24 profit

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
HUB24's retail funds under administration (FUA) grew by 94% to $3.31 billion in FY16, with the company recording a gross profit of $10.9 million, up 125%. HUB24 recorded total FUA of $3.78 billion at 30 June 2016, comprising retail FUA $3.31bn, new ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... wholesale firms conducted by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is anything to go by, the rise in retail spending in July - up 1.4% month on month - should persist over the coming months. The CBI Distributive Trades Survey - a leading indicator ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... for a mere 0.4% dip. The latest figure takes the year-on-year rate of change in existing home sales down to minus 1.6% in July - the first negative annual rate since November last year - after rising by 3.0% in the previous month. The median price of ...

MLC extends Rio Tinto insurance partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
Members in the accumulation division of the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund (RTSSF) were recently moved to new insurance arrangements following MLC winning a market tender. The accumulation division was previously under self-insurance arrangements ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... subdued: the rate of increase in input prices was the slowest in four months; average selling prices fell at a faster rate in July "continuing the trend of falling prices seen over much of the past five years". Markit/Nikkei flash Japan manufacturing ...

ASIC cancels 133 SMSF auditor registrations

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
ASIC has cancelled the registration of 133 approved self-managed superannuation fund auditors who failed to lodge their annual statements. The cancellation follows a final warning issued on 28 July to 185 approved SMSF auditors which had outstanding ...

AB fund added to three platforms

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
Global asset manager AllianceBernstein (AB) has had its AB Global Equities Fund added to three investment platforms, following strong endorsement from Lonsec. Since its inclusion in the Lonsec model portfolio, the fund has been added to the BT Wrap ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
Australia demographics The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest "Population by Age and Sex, Regions of Australia, 2015" report showed the changes in the country's population dynamics over the past five years. Among the report's key findings ...

Read the data not the Fed's lips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Yes, no, maybe, I don't know. Sit down, buckle up and hang on Virginia for we're heading into the 'Hole' - Jackson Hole, that is. There'll be to-ing and fro-ing aplenty leading up to Janet's homily at 'The Hole' this coming Thursday and Friday and perhaps ...