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Business conditions return to pre-GFC levels

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... businesses increase expenditures on plant & equipment and on staff hiring and presumably offering higher wages Leading indicators in the recent NAB survey provide an optimistic outlook with the forward orders component rising to a reading of 4 in June ...

Banks come out on top for climate change disclosure

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... banks were rated as "leading" or "detailed" in their reporting, while five out of seven banks reported on three key indicators: emissions, a policy and a target. ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson explained that the banks high exposure to environmental ...

Central Banks fail to disappoint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... "transitory", and one that should provide an easy comparison when the second quarter figures are estimated, partial indicators for the second quarter are not so plush. US retail sales growth have trended lower from 4.8% year-on-year growth in March to ...

Confidence: the business/household divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... in optimism. While not impossible, this is highly unlikely given the positive forward indications - "Other leading indicators were generally encouraging, with the capacity utilisation rate rising, despite some pull-back in capital expenditure, while ...

Better, but not good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... upside risks." According to the OECD: "The mood in the global economy has brightened during the last year. Confidence indicators, industrial production, headline measures of employment, and cross-border trade flows have improved in most economies." Moreover ...

Five minutes of sunshine tomorrow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
Hip, hip! The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Business Indicators' report (released yesterday) eased growing concerns that tomorrow's National Accounts would show that the Australian economy weakened sharply - if not outright contracted -- in ...

Fund manager sells all shares ahead of crash

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... too many risks at present, and I cannot justify charging our clients fees when there are so many early warning lead indicators of clear and present danger in property and equity markets now. I would like to make clear this is not a winding up of Altair ...

AUSTRAC launches tool to help advisers fight terrorism

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006. The new poster provides a selection of red flag indicators that financial planners can look out for." ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell added: "The risk assessment tool will help the financial ...

China's off to a good 2017 start

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... and is the fastest rate of expansion since September quarter of 2015. The strong start to 2017 is backed up by other indicators. Non-farm fixed asset investment increased by 9.2% in the year to the March quarter, up from 8.1% in the January-February ...

CommInsure cleared of medical misconduct

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... financial services law. ASIC found that in previous financial years, some staff at the insurer had key performance indicators which included net loss ratios and income protection terminations rates. These KPIs have since been removed. Deloitte's independent ...