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Chief economist update: RBA stuck in slow inflation lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... medium term." The indicators show it should. Growth is faster - GDP increased by 2.5% in the year to December 2017 quarter versus 1.8% in 2016 - the unemployment rate is down to 4.1% at the end of 2017 from 4.8% at the beginning; the US dollar is cheaper ...

Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... would be spending their upwardly revised growth on. Year-to-date, the greenback is down 3.0% against the euro, down 4.9% versus the pound and down 3.1% vis-a-vis the yen. This is on top of the dollar's depreciation in 2017 of 3.0%, 4.9% and 1.5%, respectively. ...

EY issues ICO theft warning

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... reach fundraising goals has declined - less than 25% of the ICO projects EY analysed met fundraising objectives in November versus 90% that achieved targets in June. EY Global Technology, media and entertainment and telecommunication leader, Greg Cudahy ...

Chief economist update: No stealth tapering, no exit strategy...yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... jumped 1.3% to close at its highest level - 24,124.15 points - in 26 years despite the yen's advance to a ¥110.41 close versus the greenback from ¥110.92 before the BOJ decision and ¥112.63 at the start of 2018. Who needs a cheaper yen anyway? Not ...

Chief economist update: One hike this year, one hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... November to date, Sterling's effective exchange rate has appreciated by 2.2% -- it's risen by 5.4% against the US dollar, 0.6% versus the euro and 2.5% vis-a-vis the yen over the same period. Just as Sterling's past depreciation pushed up import prices ...

Soaring education costs require financial plan: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... parents who plan to enrol their children in a private school for 13 years incur $61,632 in additional non-tuition costs versus $51,517 in faith-based schools and $48,810 in government school. Private education in Sydney costs $10,731 more than Melbourne ...

2018 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards

JOHN DYALL  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... Table 1. Active Core and High Performance are differentiated based on their tracking error, or level of active risk taken versus the relevant benchmark noting that those in the "High Performance" category are often concentrated portfolios. Index strategies ...

Retail MySuper outpacing NFP products

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... members, the report said. Over five years, the return gap is widened in favour of the SG360 default index of 9.7% per annum versus 7.6% per annum. Returns of the past five years have benefited workplace super funds more than the average SMSF member. ...

Un-Keynesian

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... deficit the US government would incur as a result. Reports had it that the tax cut would cost the government US$1 trillion versus the benefit of a 0.8% lift in GDP over the same period. Looked at this way, this looks... well, not good tidings. Still ...

Capex brings cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... business conditions hit an all-tome record high in October and business confidence remaining above its long-term average (+8 versus +6). The latest AiG performance of manufacturing index's sharp reversal to a reading of 57.3 in November from 51.1 in ...