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CGT top of adviser minds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... to superannuation, according to the BT Advice Technical team. BT technical consultant Tim Howard said during the March quarter advisers were most keen to identify how CGT relief will be applied to retail super and SMSF clients. This was followed by pre ...

Japanese businesses have sunnier mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... (BOJ) Tankan survey showed that the large manufacturers' sentiment index increased to a reading of plus 12 in the March quarter from the December quarter's plus 10 reading. While this is lower than market expectations for an increase to plus 14, it was ...

Damned if they do, damned if they don't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
First the good news. Crude oil prices have closed the March quarter of 2017 above the psychological US$50.00 per barrel mark - the level they have risen to since the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced that they (and non-OPEC ...

One Direction and the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... further underscored by rising business confidence. The CBI business optimism index surged to a reading of +15 in the March quarter from -8 in the previous quarter and the Brexit-induced dive to -47 in the September quarter. Inflation has ratcheted higher ...

Heading the ECB's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... than the third quarter's 0.4% pace and expectations for the same and he fastest quarterly growth rate since the March quarter of last year. This took the year-on-year growth rate up to 1.8%, the same as the September quarter but up March's 1.7% and June's ...

No wolf here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... than market expectations for a 0.5% gain and represents continued stronger expansion since the 0.3% growth in the March quarter when Brexit started becoming a concern. Year-on-year, the UK economy expanded by 2.2% in the final quarter of last year, equal ...

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... The latest figure takes the year-on-year growth in corporate profits up to 2.8% -- the first increase since the March quarter of 2015 -- from -4.3% in the previous period. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index soared to a reading of 107.1 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... September quarter figure represents an improvement from the double-digit drops posted in the June quarter (-15.5%) and March quarter (-14.3%). Manufacturing capex reversed the June quarter's 15.9% jump with a 4.9% fall in the three months to September ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... The latest figure takes the year-on-year growth in corporate profits up to 2.8% -- the first increase since the March quarter of 2015 -- from -4.3% in the previous period. US consumer sentiment The Conference Board's consumer confidence index soared ...

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 ...