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Consumer-powered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... savings rate to 5.4% from 5.6% in November. This suggests increasing consumer optimism - one confirmed by the rise in the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index to a 13-year high of 98.5 in January. Inflation remains contained. The headline ...

One week delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... its highest level in 12 years (105.8 in December). A fact - yes, not the "alternative" one - that's apparent in the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey. The index soared to a 13-year high reading of 98.5 in January. The butcher, the baker ...

QSuper commits to ESG, creates new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... QSuper's long-term ESG policy. With PhDs in environmental policy and legal framework for sustainable investment from the University of Oxford, Molinari has a strong track record working in the sector. Prior to her role with the Queensland Government ...

Every American's turning optimist

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... level since February 2007. The IBD/TIPP economic optimism survey came on the heels of similar indications from the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index (up to 98.4 in December - the highest since November 2004 - from 93.8 in November) and ...

FPA educating future planning generation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... profession for the next generation," De Gori said. To combat this, the FPA has implemented a proactive strategy targeting university students, consulting with 25 universities around Australia on syllabuses for financial planning qualifications. De Gori ...

Clydesdale director departs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... also chair of Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Science City York CLG, Imagesound, Sheffield Hallam University and Yorkshire Initiative International Business Convention. At CYBG, he also held the positions of risk committee chair and ...

Equities on the nose in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... political uncertainty. The Equity Preference Index, maintained by Colonial First State Global Asset Management and the University of Western Australia, fell by 29% in the first half of 2016. It continues a downward trend in equity sentiment with the ...

NAB farewells two directors

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... the co-founder and managing partner of law firm Gilbert + Tobin; he has also held directorships at the Western Sydney University Foundation, the Cape York Partnership and the Menzies School of Health Research. Segal, meanwhile, is former commissioner ...

Archaic gender rules mask super benefits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... while the military superannuation system recognised her gender change, funds in which she became a member via part-time university lecturing and journalism are still yet to do so. McGregor is part of a community exposed to archaic gender rules. Research ...

The Fed lady and the Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... projections. This and the wealth effect created by the rallying stockmarket are making US consumers feel oh so good. The University of Michigan consumer sentiment index jumped to 98.0 in December - 0.1 shy of the current cycle high of 98.1 recorded in ...