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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Australia retirement and retirement intentions The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) survey (conducted 2014-15) on retirement and retirement intentions show that Australians intend to work longer than ever before. The survey - which started a few ...

More Australians intend to retire later

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... retire beyond age 65 is increasing rapidly. According to a research note just released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), a survey conducted in 2015 showed 71% of people said they intended to retire at the age of 65 years or over, up from ...

Little separates Australia's largest custodians

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... custodians in Australia is BNP Paribas which reported a 24.9% growth to about $430 billion AUC. The latest industry statistics published by the Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) showed the sector grew by 4.9% in the six months to 31 December ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... poor seasonal conditions across much of the country, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The growth in the value of Australia's agricultural production was largely driven by an increase in the gross value ...

Another standout economic performance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... speculations, underscored by the spike in the A$/US$ exchange rate from US$0.7175 to US$7295 after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest tally on the country's national accounts. Consensus betting was for Australian real GDP to ...

ZIRP to bring back "animal spirits"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... drop by 3.0% but... they're still not a pretty set of numbers. Uglier still, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), "Estimate 1 for 2016-17 is $82,572m. This is 19.5% lower than Estimate 1 for 2015-16." Whoa! Capex expectations may have ...

Australian wages grow slowest on record but real is better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on wages may have disappointed expectations but also confirmed what workers have been experiencing all along. The Wage Price Index - total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses - grew by 2.2% ...

Super hits $2 trillion

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
The latest quarterly statistics from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) show that super assets increased 6.1% to $2.0 trillion in the 12 months to 31 December. Of this number, $1.26 trillion are APRA-regulated fund assets with the ...

Aussie jobs trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... These are based on the readings from the seasonally adjusted estimates. The reliability of the Australian Bureau of Statistics'(ABS) seasonally adjusted estimates had been suspect since September 2014 (my records show) when it reported a 121,000 jump ...

New super data adds more disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... average balances across all funds excluding SMSFs; and a summary of insurance results by type of fund. The annual MySuper statistics now also include financial performance and fee flows within products; membership growth and account flows; a profile ...