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BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... the slowest pace since June last year. But this came on the back of the 0.7% surge in the previous month, which was the fastest rate since September 2015, and a strong 0.5% gain in November. Loans to housing - up 0.5% in January - accounted for all of ...

A good set of numbers (almost)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
... profits surged by 20.1% in the December quarter following a small 1.5% increase in the preceding quarter. This is the fastest quarterly rate of growth since the 34.7% jump recorded in March 2001 and is significantly higher than market expectations for ...

A rate rise on the ides of March?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... to 2.5% in the year to January, from 2.1% in the previous month. This is higher than expectations for a 2.4% rate, the fastest rate since March 2012 and the six straight month of quickening inflation rate. Core inflation lifted to 2.3% in January - the ...

British inflation quickens but still off-target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... 1.8% in the year to January from 1.6% in the previous month. While lower than the expected 1.9% increase, this is the fastest gain in consumer prices since June 2014. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), "The latest rise in CPI was ...

Mexican pain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... prices - and the government's 20% increase in gasoline prices - had lifted the country's inflation rate to 4.7% -- the fastest since September 2012 and from 3.4% in the previous month. This is the seventh straight month of accelerating inflation and ...

Sunny days not expected to last

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... offsetting the previous month's 5.1% decline. This is more than double market expectations for a 3.1% pick-up and is the fastest rate of increase in six months. The details of the report were also sun-shiny ones. Orders from the manufacturing sector ...

Buying American

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... shipped more than it bought. Exports jumped by 2.7% to US$190.7 billion - the highest amount since April 2015 and the fastest monthly increase since September 2012 - in December following a 0.2% dip in the previous month. This, despite the rally in the ...

HUB24 the fastest growing platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
HUB24 signed 10 new distribution agreements and welcomed 47 advisers to its platform over the December quarter as it continues an impressive growth strategy. The platform's quarterly business update showed a $1.8 billion (75%) surge in funds under administration ...

Help wanted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... the previous month. Over the past 12 months, growth in job advertisements quickened to 7.1% from 3.7% in December - the fastest pace since August 2016. According to ANZ chief economist Felicity Emmett, the bounce in ANZ job ads, along with modest increases ...

Fund manager launches new IMA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... tailwinds driving technology and automation and the amount that corporations and individuals rely on it, technology is the fastest growing sector globally." TAMIM Asset Management is a Sydney-based boutique fund manager for wholesale investors established ...