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Chief economist update: Confidence down, conditions up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... the June quarter, slower than the first quarter's 1.1% but enough to propel annual GDP growth rate up to 3.4% - the fastest in six years. About half of the June quarter's growth was due to consumer spending. Household consumption grew by 0.7% ...

Chief economist update: Japan's sun shines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... contracting 0.2% in the March quarter. This is stronger than the Cabinet Office's preliminary estimate of 0.5% and is the fastest growth rate since the first quarter of last year (0.7%). This is good news for Japan especially as it comes at a time ...

HUB24 lifts targets

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... same time, it has about 12% of the market share of the industry's net inflows as at March. "HUB24 continues to be the fastest growing platform in the market relative to its size," it said. Overall, the group's revenue for FY18 was $84 million - up 36% ...

Challenger increases annuity distribution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... the platforms used by two-thirds of Australia's financial advisers within weeks. "In addition, we are one of Australia's fastest growing active fund managers with our Fidante Partners business establishing new boutique managers during the year and our ...

Chief economist update: The grass is paler on the China side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... reason to because it's presiding over an economy that has growth an annualised rate of 4.1% in the second quarter - the fastest pace in four years - with an unemployment rate of 4% - near 18-year lows and inflation that's inches away from target ...

Chief economist update: Boom in the USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... upwardly revised 2.2% (from 2%) expansion in the first quarter. While this is in line with market expectations, it's the fastest annualised quarterly growth rate since the third quarter of 2014 (4.9%). The year-on-year pace of expansion accelerated ...

VanEck adds two to Australian team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... 4.5% of Australia's total ETP market, managing $1.6 billion as at March, according to Rainmaker Research. It was the fastest growing of the 10 largest ETP managers, picking up $894 million in FUM - an increase of 126% in the 12 months to March.

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... upward pressure on consumer prices is gaining momentum. Headline inflation accelerated to 2.9% in the year to June - the fastest since February 2012 - from 2.8% in the previous month. The annual growth in the core inflation measure sped up to 2.3% - ...

Chief economist update: Weak wages a puzzle, could become a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... upward pressure on consumer prices is gaining momentum. Headline inflation accelerated to 2.9% in the year to June - the fastest since February 2012 - from 2.8% in the previous month. The annual growth in the core inflation measure sped up to 2.3% - ...

Queensland industry funds merge

HARRISON WORLEY AND JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
... years ago, AustSafe is the super fund for rural and regional Australia with more than 100,000 members. Sunsuper is the fastest growing fund in Australia with about 1.3 million members and $55 billion in funds under management. As such, the merger will ...