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Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... the property market shackles that prevent the RBA from cutting interest rates. Yes, only yesterday we got a pleasant surprise from the ABS report that showed retail sales surged by 1.0% in the month of April - more than three times the expected growth ...

Manager lists after $3bn merger

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... of negotiations between Hunter Hall and other fund managers triggered by then-Hunter Hall chief executive Peter Hall's surprise departure from the company in December last year. During that time, Hunter Hall received takeover bids from Pinnacle Investment ...

No 'Plan B' for Brexit "twist and turns"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... incentives for many exporters to renew and increase capacity." Decently rational forecasts that could even have an upside surprise should the strength in the labour market continue - one that would encourage consumer spending. The unemployment rate remained ...

Another Budget, another promised surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
A Budget here, and a Budget there, Budget, Budget, everywhere a Budget. Yes Virginia, it's Budget overload, there's wall to wall coverage of the Australian Federal government's 2017/18 Budget - before, during and after - its big reveal on the evening ...

ESG holds key to adviser client retention

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Financial advisers that aren't doing more to incorporate ESG concerns into investment portfolios may be left in the dust by millennials. With the new generation of advice clients driving the ESG conversation, Eaton Vance head of Australia Duncan Hodnett ...

Budget Eve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... Budget 2017: What we know so far " others we'll just have to wait for tomorrow night... just in case there's a kinder surprise (good or bad) - that is yet to be unveiled. But one thing, I won't be surprised about is if Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison ...

Fearless forecasting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... calculations show that this translates to growth of 5.3% per annum over the next 10 years and 8.6% per annum after 23 years. Surprise, surprise... albeit a bit higher, Macquarie's 10- and 23-year forecasts both fall within the realms of their historical ...

Expanding expansion in manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
As the band 'Chicago' would sing, it would be "baby, what a big surprise, right before my very eyes" if the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) shifts - up or down - monetary policy settings when it meets today. No rate cut is in the cards this afternoon ...

The growth-inflation divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... still a greater probability of the rate being cut than of it being raised in the near term". The extension came as a surprise particularly in light of the Swedish central bank's upping its growth forecast to 2.8% (from 2.5% earlier predicted) this year ...

O Canada

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... The world is back at a trade peace... or so it seemed. This time the Trump administration has trained its sights on, surprise of surprises, its ally and next-door neighbour, Canada. Mexico, I could understand or even China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan ...