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Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... mere 0.2% in the second quarter - and that 2.5% below-trend growth in the first quarter we've all been moaning about has fallen below-er trend to 2.0% at the end of June. Blame Beijing and the rest of 'em slow poke economies - they're not buying enough ...

Industry funds attack banks on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... chief executive Sally Loane previously said the "Financial System Inquiry found that in the last decade average fees have fallen by 20 basis points while the size of the average fund has grown by more than 12 times over the same period."

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... first quarter of the year it increased to the fastest pace for twenty years." Prices that had remained flat or that had fallen over the last two decades have started to increase, a sign that the measures pushed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and implemented ...

A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... attacks of the same year; and, it dropped from US$0.91 to US$0.62 at the onset of the GFC. This year-to-date, the A$ has fallen by 12.4% against the greenback and by 7.4% on the trade weighted index. As any currency warrior would tell you, this is good ...

Infrastructure deals fall as valuations skyrocket

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... size in 2015 is roughly $852 million, compared to $546 million in 2013. Perhaps as a result, the total number of deals has fallen from 1056 in 2013 to 325 so far this year. Total deal value for 2015 is therefore expected to fall from $592 billion in ...

In wealthy Australia, philanthropy is the biggest loser

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... but this group is responsible for over two thirds of all deductible giving in the country. Volunteering levels have also fallen from 36% in 2010 to 31% in 2014, according to the report, which also found that females are more likely to give than males ...

Empire State bombs out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... continued to contract - minus 4.55 from minus 7.45 in July; while employment remained positive (plus 1.82 in August), it's fallen sharply from July's plus 3.19 reading; the average workweek dropped to minus 1.82 from last month's reading of plus 4.26. ...

Frydenberg slams modern awards as poorly-conceived

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... products, drive greater efficiency and better services for members," he said. Frydenberg highlighted that super fees have not fallen to expectations, given the system's substantial increase in size and scale. He noted the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) ...

Indian economy accelerating/slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... figures, which suggest the economy is still suffering from slack". An observation echoed by Bloomberg, "...exports have fallen for seven straight months, factory output's slowing and credit growth has failed to accelerate." At this point, there's still ...

RBNZ tries to turn the turn in NZ economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... Statement. Rebuild activity in Canterbury appears to have peaked, and the world price for New Zealand's dairy exports has fallen sharply." "Headline inflation is currently below the Bank's 1 to 3 percent target range... further depreciation is necessary ...