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Time to start factoring in an RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... continues, we could forget Westpac's outlook for steady rates through to the year 2019 too. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) retail trade report showed retail spending dropped by a bigger-than-expected 0.6% in the month of August. Worse, July's ...

J.P. Morgan remains largest custodian

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... five custodians are NAB Asset Servicing ($534bn), BNP Paribas ($510bn), State Street ($434bn) and Citigroup ($419bn). Statistics from the Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) also show consistent growth in the amount of overseas client investment ...

China industrial profits surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... Politburo's achievement of its overriding goals should the acceleration in profits continue. China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reports that industrial profits jumped by 24% in the year to August, significantly faster than the previous month's ...

Hiking life premiums is short-term thinking: ANZ Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... make losses on disability products, particularly individual disability cover, as claim costs rise rapidly. Citing APRA statistics, the past three years saw the sector lose more than $1 billion on individual disability policies, including $427 million ...

Not happy enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... that, in turn, weakens consumer spending and by extension, overall growth in the economy. The Australian Bureau of Statistics'(ABS) 'Household Income Account' report showed that the annual growth rate in gross disposable income slowed from 2.1% in the ...

BGL integrates with Xero for single database

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... access to information when shaping their investment, policy and decisions." Comparatively, the Australian Bureau of Statistics examines the entire businesses community in a yearly count of entries and exits, but doesn't provide regular or specific analysis ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... month - could dent consumer sentiment and by extension, consumer spending. But this could be due to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) problem with seasonal adjustments. Bank of America Merrill Lynch noted the August employment has increased by an ...

Digital advice embraced by all ages: Decimal

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... member engagement via Decimal's digital financial advice software increased 37% in the past year, latest quarterly statistics show. Decimal's digital insights report for the June quarter shows 2366 members in its superannuation client base decided to ...

The negatives in the positive jobs report

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... rise, hope and wish and pray some more. While the headline seasonally adjusted numbers of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report were undeniably positive - employment up by a better than expected 27,900 in July from June; the ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Wage Price Index' report for the June quarter confirmed what we, Australians all, already know...wages growth remains sluggish. Even market consensus got it on point. Growth in total wages stood still at a ...