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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
Australia ANZ job ads "The rise in job ads is encouraging and points to ongoing improvement in labour market conditions. It was consistent with the moderate pace of economic growth, as well as above average business and consumer sentiment" is how ANZ's ...

New director for NAB super trustee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... non-executive director of the NAB Advice and Licenses board and member of its investment committee, a member of the Super Wrap and IDPS Investment Committee, and the Masterkey and Plum Investment Committee. As previously reported by Financial Standard ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
Australia building approvals New figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that the total number of dwelling units approved dropped by 8.7% over the month of September, less than market expectations for a 3.0% decline and follow a ...

Macquarie Wrap continues growth trend

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
Macquarie has added 54 managed funds and 20 separately managed accounts to its wrap platform in the last 12 months. The additions reaffirm Macquarie's commitment to delivering a broad range of flexible investment options with the Macquarie Wrap now ...

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  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
Australia private sector credit Total private sector credit increased by 0.4% in September - in line with market expectations - following similar gains in the previous two months. Credit to housing and to business went up by 0.5% (from up 0.5% in August) ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
Australia export and import prices When the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the June quarter National Accounts last September, one notable piece of information was the bureau's mention that "The Terms of trade increased by 2.3% in seasonally ...

Macquarie Wrap adds global equity fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
Macquarie Wrap has added a new global equity fund. The Grant Samuel Global Equity Advantage Fund will now be available to investors in Macquarie's platform. The fund uses Epoch Investment Partners' shareholder yield strategy and Triple3 Partners' volatility ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
US consumer confidence The Conference Board's consumer confidence index dropped to 98.6 in October following a downwardly revised 103.5 reading (from 104.1) in the previous month. This is much lower than market expectations for a slight decrease to ...

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 ...