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CFO for iSelect

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... capitalisation from $14 million to $2.5 billion. Inns has served in a number of senior finance roles in technology and manufacturing companies in both Australia and the United Kingdom. Commenting on the appointment, iSelect chief executive officer Scott ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
US Empire State manufacturing survey The latest update on the state of the manufacturing sector in New York State was both disappointing and surprising, particularly as it follows stronger-than-expected retail sales and consumer sentiment reports released ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... the year to March, down from the previous month's 2.0% increase and disappointing expectations for a 2.5% gain. Manufacturing output - which accounts for around three-quarters of the total - dropped by 1.2% over the same period. In spite of this, financial ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... declined by 0.2% in the year to March after a 0.1% pick up in the previous month, due largely to a 1.9% drop in manufacturing production - the largest drop in almost three years - which accounts for around 70% of total industrial production. Weak global ...

RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... becomes significantly important in a world of slowing/stalling growth. According to the latest JP Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI survey, growth is... stalled. "The growth rate of the global manufacturing sector ground to a near-standstill at the start ...

Fixed income China's sweet spot

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... are also benefitting by gaining global market share from China's withdrawal from certain low-end labour-intensive manufacturing industries such as textiles and toys," said Soon.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... situation, their business expectations brightened once again. The moderate upturn in the German economy continues. In manufacturing the business climate improved in April. While manufacturers scaled back their assessments of the current business situation ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
Australia employment Lead indications from the AiG performance of manufacturing index and the NAB business survey pointed to a sharp improvement in Australian employment growth in March. The employment component of the AiG performance of manufacturing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... fiscal, and monetary policies". US small business optimism It appears that the reported improvement in the US ISM manufacturing -- up to 51.8 in March from 49.5 in Feb -- and non-manufacturing - up to 59.8 from 57.8 -- indices still has to flow on to ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... from 12 in the fourth quarter of last year and lower than consensus expectations for a reading of 9. The large non-manufacturing index fell to a reading of 22 from 25 in the December quarter. Indices for small manufacturing and non-manufacturing enterprises ...