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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... July. The latest reading is less than market expectations for a 0.8% increase and was driven by slower growth in manufacturing output - 0.2% in the year to September from 0.5% in August and 0.8% in July. However, year-on-year growth rates accelerated ...

Banks balancing profit and capital adequacy

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... either restructured or are restructuring their wealth businesses. Capital intensive life insurance underwriting and manufacturing operations have come under review, as banks look for ways to free up capital and improve returns," he said. "Alongside this ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... employment. Australia AiG performance of construction Construction failed to follow the improvement into expansion of the manufacturing and services sector in October. The AiG performance of construction index dropped to 45.9 in October - a 20-month ...

ANZ wealth sale marks end of an advice era

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... argued that if ANZ does sell its advice business, "it is a further sign of the issues vertically integrated product manufacturing has moving forward. It bolsters the case for those advice practices who believe in the separation of advice from product ...

ANZ mulls selling wealth business

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... at where we can do the best; where we can win and have a competitive advantage. And we don't think that is in the manufacturing of life insurance products." ANZ reported a statutory after-tax profit of $5.7 billion in the year to 30 September 2016, down ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
Australia performance of manufacturing The Australian Industry Group's (AiG) performance of manufacturing index bounced back into expansion territory with a reading of 50.9 in October after two months of contraction (below 50) - 46.9 in August 49.8 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... balance - which tracks changes in the level of factory orders in around 500 UK businesses across 38 sectors in the manufacturing industry - dropped to -17 in October (the lowest reading since February this year) from -5 in the preceding two months. This ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
US Markit manufacturing PMI Markit's preliminary estimates show that activity in the US manufacturing sector accelerated to a reading of 53.2 in October from 51.5 in the previous month. This is the highest reading since October last year and is sharply ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... and following August's 0.5% drop (downwardly revised from a 0.4% decline). A stronger than expected 0.2% gain in manufacturing production and a 0.4% rise in mining output over the month were offset by a 1.0% decrease in utilities. Year-on-year, overall ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... industrial output was driven by a 4.4% fall in oil and gas extraction and a 3.7% decrease in mining and quarrying output. Manufacturing output rose by 0.2% after dropping by 0.9% in July. In the twelve months to August, industrial output rose by 0.7%. ...