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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
Australia managed funds The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released data showing that funds under management in the managed fund industry rose by 3.0% to A$2,721.6 billion in the June quarter from A$2,646.7 billion in the previous three-month ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
Australia demographics The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest "Population by Age and Sex, Regions of Australia, 2015" report showed the changes in the country's population dynamics over the past five years. Among the report's key findings ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... rate of growth in employment remains at roughly 2.0% -- 1.9% in July. This is consistent with the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) declaration in its report that, "Over the past 12 months, trend employment increased by 212,300 (or 1.8%), which ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... had a lower starting point in May (95.1) than in August (99.1). Australian housing finance The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released data that showed the total value of dwelling finance commitments increased by 2.3% in June. Lending for owner-occupied ...

Retirees increasingly favour income over lumps sums

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... through income streams rather than withdrawing lump sums, according to new analysis released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Bjorn Jarvis, the program manager of the ABS' labour and income branch reported that almost 1.2 million people ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... of dwellings approved fell 0.9% in June 2016, in trend terms, according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today. This is the second successive monthly fall. Dwelling approvals decreased in June in Western Australia (5.2%) ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... with the average growth rate over the last six months, according to trend figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The latest Labour Force data shows over the past month, trend employment increased by 8,300 people to 11,933,400. ...

SuperGuard360 gives SMSF trustees greater protection

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... SMSF trustee's personal identity and uses it to gain control of their fund's assets. In fact, the Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates that more than one million people each year are subject to identity fraud, including SMSF-related identity fraud ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
Australia housing finance The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the total value of dwelling finance commitments increased by 1.0% in the month of May as a 3.9% jump in "investment housing" more than offset the 0.6% fall in lending"owner ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
Australian dwelling approvals The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures showing that total dwelling units approved dropped by 5.2% in the month of May, worse than market expectations for a 3.3% fall and more than reversing April's 3.3% ...