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Equip CIO departs following restructure

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... their employers. The fund is multi-sector, servicing employers and members from the energy, water, infrastructure, manufacturing, health, legal and services sectors.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... quarter annual growth rate is the fastest expansion since March 2015 and was due to stronger growth in the country's manufacturing sector, up by 0.8% year-on-year in the second quarter, reversing the first quarter's 0.5% fall. However, this was partly ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... from 42.9 in May), activity (53.9 from 47.7) and employment (53.9 from 49.0). This followed AiG's surveys of the manufacturing (up to 51.8 in June from 51.0 in May) and services sector (51.3 from 51.5) pointing to expansion in these three sectors of ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... the flash reading of 52.8 but unchanged from the previous month's final estimate of 53.1 as the expansion in the manufacturing sector (manufacturing PMI up to 52.8 in June from 51.5 in May) to its highest level in six months was negated by the slowdown ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... month. Stocks (46.6) and deliveries (48.5) contracted. The AiG performance of services index followed the one of manufacturing - reported earlier - showing factory activity index rising to 51.8 in June from 51.0 in the previous month. UK construction ...

Equip hires head of technology from GE

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... their employers. The fund is multi-sector, servicing employers and members from the energy, water, infrastructure, manufacturing, health, legal and services sectors.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
US flash manufacturing PMI The Markit flash US Manufacturing PMI shows factory activity improved to its highest in three months. The PMI rose to a preliminary reading of 51.4 in June from 50.7 in the previous month - better than expectations for a slight ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... outcome compares with a similar 6.0% expansion in the previous month and expectations for a 5.9% rise. A 7.2% jump on manufacturing production and a 2.4% increase in production of electricity, gas, water production and water supply accounted for the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... economic growth rate ahead of the US (2.0%), the Eurozone (1.5%), the United Kingdom (2.0%) and Japan (-0.05%). US ISM manufacturing index Contrary to indications of weakening manufacturing activity contained in regional PMI reports - and flat activity ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... end of market expectations of 0 to 0.5% increase. The March quarter decline in profits was led by a 14.5% drop in manufacturing. Profits in the mining sector fell by 6.6% (accelerating from the 8.4% contraction in the December 2015 quarter) and electricity ...