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Latin America on institutional investment radar

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... trading partner is China. He says Columbia has a focus on oil and infrastructure, while Mexico is focused around manufacturing and telecoms. Both countries' main trading partner is the US. "Mix in the proceeds of this diversification - exposure of the ...

Japan rides the virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... statement. While the composite PMI slipped to 52.6 in April (from 52.9 in March), it remains at a 20-month high as the manufacturing expansion gained more momentum (up to 52.7 in April - a 37 month high) and the service sector remaining at its highest ...

Australian economy proceeding according to projections

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... heading to "a little above 3%". Last week's AiG PMI report show increasing expansion in the sectors it surveys - manufacturing up to 59.2 in April from 57.5 in March; services up to 53.0 from 51.7; construction up to 51.9 from 51.2. And just yesterday ...

Budget Eve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... Eurozone, Japan and the UK suggest that this is broadening still. And while there's a bit of slowing in China - manufacturing and services sector PMI declined in April - they remain in expansion territory. Governor Lowe's statement about the Australian ...

Which part of the elephant are you holding?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... report update last month which stated that, "With buoyant financial markets and a long-awaited cyclical recovery in manufacturing and trade under way, world growth is projected to rise from 3.1 percent in 2016 to 3.5 percent in 2017 and 3.6 percent in ...

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 ...