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Watching out for the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... estimates for a 2.5% print but factor in the 0.8 percentage point upward revision (from minus 0.2% to plus 0.6%) in the March quarter - wonder if this was due to double seasonal adjustment? - and growth could have easily beaten expectations. The icing ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... Australia is due to release financial aggregates for June while the Housing Industry Association trades report for the March quarter is also due out. In equities news, Origin Energy and Paladin Energy June are expected to release quarterly production ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... - with each quarter's contraction deeper than the previous one. Russian real GDP declined by a hefty 1.3% in the March quarter and by 1.9% from a year ago. The EU's extension of sanctions against Russia - and Russia's extension of its sanctions vis-A ...

Life risk sales falling

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... Individual death, total permanent disability (TPD) and trauma insurance sales fell by 8% to $280 million in the March quarter, according to research by DEXX&R. DEXX&R's report notes that this time is "traditionally the slowest quarter" for insurance ...

Retirement incomes lead FUM growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... recorded a 20% rise to $39.2 billion. Among the MySuper and default investment options, DEXX&R showed that in the March quarter a decrease from 27% to 26% of total FUM continued to be held in default options. Other default investment options including ...

ASX lower for fourth day

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... provided the confidence boost many had hoped for, despite showing a better than expected 0.9 per cent growth during the March quarter. Among the major banks, the Commonwealth was down one cent to $81.56, while ANZ lost 11 cents to $31.18, Westpac was ...

Banks lead Australian market lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... released on Wednesday had not had a great impact on the market. Australia's economy grew by 0.9 per cent in the March quarter and by 2.3 per cent over 12 months to March, official figures show. Among the banks at 1200 AEST, Commonwealth Bank had shed ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... trade, iron ore prices were up 1.9 per cent, and copper and gold prices also gained ground. Locally on Wednesday, March quarter gross domestic product figures are due out and the Australian Industry Group releases its Australian Performance of Services ...

SMSFs need more investment diversity: FinaMetrica

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... (ABS) and Australian Tax Office (ATO). It showed SMSFs' share holdings had jumped 10.5% to $193.1 billion in the March quarter and cash and term deposits up 1% to $157.4 billion, a new record. Co-founder of FinaMetrica, Paul Resnik, said SMSFs now account ...

Winter of our discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... economist Saul Eslake, has lowered his first quarter growth forecast from 0.5% to 0.3% -- the slowest since the March quarter of 2013 - and takes year-on-year growth in the local economy to 1.7% -- the least since the third quarter of 2009 (1.1%). Still ...