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Plastics manufacturer launches $40m bond issue

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... of investors," FIIG chief executive Mark Paton said Integrated Packaging is the third-largest flexible plastics manufacturing business in Australia and New Zealand, focused on industrial and agricultural packaging. It specialises in shrink film, stretch ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... doing odd jobs with a friend to support himself while backpacking around Australia. He'd crossed the spectrum from manufacturing companies to fish and chip stores before happening upon a book catalogue delivery service in Perth. "It was pretty easy work," ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... gained further impetus following the release of the flash Caixin China Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) that showed manufacturing activity dropped to a 6A1/2-year low of 47.1 in August, topped by the continuing volatility in China's stock market and its ...

Empire State bombs out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... December... perhaps, forget all about it for all of next year. Yes Virginia, I refer to the drop in the Empire State Manufacturing Index. And girl, was it a surprisingly big thud. The index plunged to a reading of minus 14.92 in August from plus 3.86 ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... June, was still expanding (53.9) in July. As Markit put it, "Solid expansions of output were signalled in both the manufacturing and service sectors, with the slightly faster rate of growth at service providers". But should the ECB's China and Fed concerns ...

September -- morn or mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... U.S. service-sector growth Wednesday morning". Yup, that's it financial markets saw the surge in the US ISM Non-Manufacturing index in July - economy is gaining momentum - and they heard Lockhart talk of a September lift-off - and they think September ...

RBA to deliver nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... them to announce a change in policy settings when the clock strikes 1230 PM (AEST). Sure there's fresh news that manufacturing activity in China is contracting - down to a two-year low of 47.8 in July from 49.4 in June on the final Caixin/Markit China ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge, both for July, are due out. The Australian Industry Group performance of manufacturing (PMI) index, the RP Data Core Logic Home Value Index and the HIA New home sales for June, are also due out. Meanwhile ...

Growth or crisis, always reasons to worry in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... Australia with growth rates of 8%, like China, but you would see difficulties in South Australia and Victoria on the manufacturing side," he said. "A lot of the things that are manufactured would be priced out of the market because of the cheap imports ...

Zurich identifies investment megatrends

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... technology, wearable devices, and the on-demand economy; "The Smart Corporate", which address opportunities in the manufacturing sector arising from the 'Internet of Things'; "Demographics and the Ageing World", focusing on companies that service the ...