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Industry fund appoints board director

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... replace First Super veteran Allan Stewart who plans to stand down on June 30. Burns works in management at Borg Manufacturing and is a trained accountant. "Robyn has been centrally involved in creating a thriving business employing many hundreds of Australians. ...

Chief economist update: It'll hurt me more than it hurts you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... favour. No use re-inventing the wheel, here's Factset's news stories on latest US stats: "May IHS Markit Flash Manufacturing PMI down 2.0 m/m to 50.6 (est. 52.7), lowest since Sep-2009. New orders declined for first time since Aug-09 on weaker ...

YBR overhauls wealth arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... run a leaner and more cost-effective organisation." YBR will concentrate on mortgage distribution, servicing and manufacturing. It plans to maintain its shop-front style franchise of 115 branches, as well as the Vow Financial independent mortgage aggregator ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... this, the employment components of AiG performance of industry indices point to further labour market weakness - manufacturing employment down 5.1 points to a reading of 51.5 in April; services down 6.2 points to 46.0 (contraction); construction down ...

Chief economist update: Japan becomes collateral damage in US-China trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... Asian markets on the back of slowing demand". This is now compounded by the yen's appreciation. The Tankan large manufacturing outlook index portends the pessimism continuing in the coming quarter with the reading falling to eight in the March quarter ...

Chief economist update: The (trade) war is back on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... Chinese economy. Both the National Bureau of Statistics' (official) and the Caixin PMI surveys show that the non-manufacturing sector (services) remains in expansion while manufacturing activity has rebounded into expansion territory in March and ...

Chief economist update: Not spring yet in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... in three months - as the services PMI eased to a reading of 52.5 April from 53.3 in the previous month, while the manufacturing PMI, though it improved to 47.9 from 47.5 in March, remained in contraction territory. IHS Markit provides a succinct narrative ...

Chief economist update: The Fed pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... in America: US New Home Sales Jump to Near 1-1/2-Year High US Housing Starts Fall to Near 2-Year Low in March US Manufacturing Growth Holds Steady at Near 2-Year Low US Retail Sales Post Biggest Gain in 1-1/2 Years US Jobless Claims Drop to Fresh Low ...

Chief economist update: China and the spring in its step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
... accelerating from 8.2% recorded in December 2018, January and February 2019. The Caixin China PMI survey showed the manufacturing sector back in expansion in March after posting sub-50 readings (indicating contraction) in the previous three months. The ...

Finance job opportunities rise post-RC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... Other industries to perform well at the start of 2019 include professional services (up 9.5%), mining (up 7.4%) and, manufacturing and distribution (up 11.3%), he said. "The sector to suffer the weakest quarter, and indeed last twelve months, was retail ...