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Irish sovereign fund stamps out tobacco

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... divesting from tobacco, the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund completed the sale of its remaining investments in tobacco manufacturing. As a part of an ongoing strategy to sell its legacy investments, the €8 billion ($11 billion) sovereign fund's decision ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... of 53.7 in December - the lowest in three months - from November's final reading of 54.9 as stronger expansion in manufacturing (to 54.2 in December from 54.1) was more than offset by a fall in the services sector's expansion (to 53.4 from 54.6) - the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... rate and August's 2.3%. Persistent US dollar strength should ease pressure on consumer price increases. US Markit manufacturing PMI If the trend improvement in the country's manufacturing PMI continues - against a backdrop of a strong US dollar - then ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... decline of 3.3% in September and 2.2% in August. The better-than-expected result was driven by a 4.6% jump in non-manufacturing orders that more than offset a 1.4% fall in manufacturing. A continued increase in core machinery orders suggests an improvement ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... deficit went down by 24% to A$6,265 million. Australia AiG construction survey In contrast with its surveys of the manufacturing and services sectors - both going into expansion territory in October and strengthening in November -- the AiG performance ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
Australia AiG performance of services It wasn't as sharp as the 3.3 point increase in the manufacturing index to 54.2 in November, but the AiG performance of services index's 0.6 point rise to 51.1 continues the trend towards stronger expansion seen ...

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... represents the highest level since July 2007 (111.94) - before the 'Great Recession'. There's also the ISM and Markit manufacturing surveys that indicated increasing expansion in the manufacturing sector notwithstanding the US dollar rally. Barring an ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... represents an improvement from the double-digit drops posted in the June quarter (-15.5%) and March quarter (-14.3%). Manufacturing capex reversed the June quarter's 15.9% jump with a 4.9% fall in the three months to September -- building & structures ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
US Dallas Fed manufacturing survey Consistent with the significant improvement in recent surveys in the US regions of Philadelphia, Richmond, Kansas City and New York, the Dallas Fed general business activity index surged to a reading of 10.2 in November ...

Australia lags in infrastructure returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... from built assets. Director, built asset consultancy at Arcadis Asia Pacific Gareth Robbins said: "In resource and manufacturing focused areas of Australia the emphasis will be on driving operational efficiency from existing assets, and effectively dealing ...