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ANZ and ETFS cut ties

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... bank-owned ETF business, but there's been a change of CEO, and Shayne Elliott has a very different view about the manufacturing of wealth products. ANZ approached us and said they'd like to exit the business on the best terms possible." Reflecting this ...

China slowing to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... official tally or the private sector one, the latest purchasing managers' surveys point to slowing expansion in China's manufacturing sector and suggesting a weak start to the second quarter. China's official National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) manufacturing ...

Expanding expansion in manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... depending on changes in growth and inflation fundamentals. Fresh data from the Australian Industry Group's (AiG) manufacturing survey suggest strengthening momentum in activity and prices that, if maintained, would tilt the RBA's bias from steady to ...

Decidedly undecided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... expectations for a dip to 56.2 buoyed by improvement in both services (up to 57.7 in April from 57.5 in March) and manufacturing (55.1 from 53.3). On the other hand, a Le Pen victory would introduce fresh uncertainty, not only for France but on the Eurozone ...

Too much ado about Fed reinvesting nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... the latest updates on the US economy... and they were good. While both the Markit and ISM surveys of the US non-manufacturing sector came in lower than market expectations in March, they remained well-above the 50-line indicating expansion. More significant ...

Brexit-proof?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
A small dip in the Markit/CIPS UK manufacturing PMI to 54.2 in March from 54.5 in the previous month provides further evidence of the economy's resilience to Brexit uncertainty. The latest reading might be the lowest level in four months but it's also ...

Japanese businesses have sunnier mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... this year - the highest since the March quarter of last year - from plus 18 in the December quarter. Both large manufacturing and non-manufacturing businesses plan to lift capital spending by 0.6% -- down from 5.5% in the previous three-month period ...

China manufacturing expansion gains and slows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
China's official manufacturing PMI measure showed the index improving for the second straight month to 51.8 in March and the eight consecutive month that the index had been above the 50 expansion/contraction line. This is better than market expectations ...

Responsible investing demand unstoppable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... Association Australasia. AMP Capital is a case in point, recently announcing it will divest about $440 million of tobacco manufacturing-related equity and fixed income, and about $130 million in manufacturers of cluster munition and landmine holdings ...

Global healing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... too. The 'Markit Global Business Outlook' - a survey that measures expectations for the year ahead across 12,000 manufacturing and services companies across the globe - tells us so. The latest survey (conducted on 9-27 February) showed global business ...