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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... terms of trade remain significantly lower than they have been in recent years. While acknowledging that labour market indicators remained somewhat mixed, it underlined that "forward-looking indicators point to continued expansion in employment in the ...

Return to value-based investing on horizon

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
A return to value-based investing is on the cards with several indicators demonstrating that global and domestic economies have reached an inflection point, an Australian fund manager says. Perennial Value Management says this inflection point could ...

Super objective crucial to Commission review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... members." The five system-level objectives will be accompanied by 22 assessment criteria, and supported by 89 overlapping indicators for competition and efficiency. Commissioner Angela MacRae made it clear the assessment is not about comparing the performance ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... suggests Chinese businesses have weathered various macro headwinds reasonably well." This was how senior economist of MNI Indicators Andy Wu explained the improvement in the MNI China business sentiment index to 53.1 in November from 52.2 in October. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... inventories contributed minus 0.01 to the headline index in October, up from minus 0.03 in September. Employment-related indicators made no contribution but an improvement from the minus 0.01 in the previous month. The contribution from the personal ...

CommInsure update champions progress

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... staff trained to provide fair customer outcomes and values. "An independent review of claims staff key performance indicators (KPIs) for 2015 and 2016 led to the Commonwealth Bank and CommInsure being satisfied that, overall, the KPIs did not raise issues ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... declined in October but according to NAB chief economist, Alan Oster, "The recent moderation in some NAB Business Survey indicators is a concerning trend that warrants close monitoring, but our assessment is that the deterioration to date is not (yet) ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... figure was also revised higher to a reading of minus 0.3 from minus 1.3. The LMCI is derived from 19 labour market indicators covering "covering the broad categories of unemployment and underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies, hiring ...

Pension systems and ageing populations at crossroads

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... pension systems, and this year it covered about 60% of the world's population, measuring 27 systems against more than 40 indicators to gauge their adequacy, sustainability and integrity. It included diverse countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific ...

Poll provides fresh defence against Royal Commission

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... conducted in September, which showed a marked improvement in consumer sentiment towards banks on seven out of eight key indicators with 25% more Australians claiming to be clearly positive towards banks compared to those who were clearly negative. In ...