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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
Australia new motor vehicle sales Sales of new motor vehicles dropped by 2.5% in the month of April, more than offsetting the previous month's 2.2% increase and lower than market expectations for a 0.5% fall. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
US Empire State manufacturing survey The latest update on the state of the manufacturing sector in New York State was both disappointing and surprising, particularly as it follows stronger-than-expected retail sales and consumer sentiment reports released ...

BetaShares launches hedged Europe and Japan ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
BetaShares has launched Australia's first currency-hedged European and Japanese equity ETFs on the ASX. BetaShares WisdomTree Europe ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: HEUR) and BetaShares WisdomTree Japan ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: HJPN) provide access to ...

He pleaded, he promised, he threatened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda had been a very busy -- or should I say noisy? -- dude all throughout last week as he tries to verbally abuse the yen to its knees. The yen has steadily risen against the greenback since 28 April when the ...

ANZ cuts fees on foreign currency ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
ANZ has announced it will reduce management fees on its two foreign currency exchange-traded funds. The ANZ ETFS Physical US Dollar ETF has had its management fee reduced to 0.3% per annum (down from 0.45%), and the ANZ ETFS Physical Renminbi ETF has ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
Australia taxation revenue The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures showing that Australia's total taxation revenue increased by 2.3% to A$445,965 million in fiscal year 2014/15 from A$435,892 million in 2013/14. Taxes on income - ...

Largest five banks all Asian

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
The world's five largest banks are all based in Asia, and China-headquartered banks made up the top four, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence's latest global bank rankings, while Australian banks have slipped down the rankings. The three largest ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
Safe haven purchases, speculative positioning ahead of the fiscal year-end, repatriation, reduced interest rate yield differential, policy impotence... take your pick. The fact remains that the Japanese yen has appreciated - big time - vis-A -vis the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
Australia capital city rents CoreLogic RP Data' March Rental Review shows that rental rates across the country's combined capital cities fell by 0.2% over the past 12 months. Four cities registered year-on-year increases in rents: Melbourne (up 2.0%) ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
AiG Performance of Construction index Construction activity in Australia continues to slow. The AiG Performance of Construction Index fell to a 13th month low of 45.2 points in March from 46.1 in February. The latest result also marked the fourth straight ...