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Eurozone low-flation to 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
Final estimates of Eurozone HICP (harmonised index of consumer prices) inflation added credence to the European Central Bank's (ECB) most recent forward guidance indicating that euro area interest rates will remain on ice until at least the third quarter ...

Down, down business conditions are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... (released as I type) indicates that we might be on our way (if it persists of course). The Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment jumped by 3.6% from 99.7 in November to 103.3 in December - the happiest consumers have been since December ...

Retail MySuper outpacing NFP products

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) sector underperformed in the 12 months to October. SuperGuard 360 SMSF reference index of 10.2% per annum underperformed the comparative SG360 default index of 12% per annum, which is based on MySuper assets. Underperforming ...

Aussie fintech usage surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... technology. Australia's uptake rate (37%) sat above the global average (33%), and ranking it fifth in EY's Fintech Adoption Index of 20 other countries. Australia placed well ahead of financial hubs such as Hong Kong (11th), Singapore (17th) and the ...

Not happy enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
Australian consumers are happier in September than last month. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute (WBC-MI) index of consumer sentiment jumped by 2.5% to a reading of 97.9 this month from 95.5 in August with nearly all the survey's sub-indices recording ...

Business conditions return to pre-GFC levels

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... an all-time high of 189% -- and weak consumer confidence, underscored by the just-released Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment. While consumer confidence improved to 96.6 in July from 96.2 in June, it remained at levels where pessimists ...

Weaker returns for SMSFs: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... performance index. The SG360 SMSF reference index generated a return of 10.3%, slightly underperforming the default MySuper index of 11.1%. Lower returns were driven by differences in asset allocation, which made "a material difference to relative returns," ...

US labour market covfefe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
America's non-farm payrolls report is called "The Mother of All Economic Reports" for nothing - it moves the US financial markets (and by extension, the global ones) up or down depending on the indications it presents when it's released. The US employment ...

Martin Currie SMA debuts on HUB24

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... Equity Income Trust delivered a return of 11.6% per annum net of fees in the last three years against the S&P/ASX 200 Index of 7.5%. In the last 12 months, the Trust provided an income return of 7% before fees and a net return of 21.2% after fees. Internationally ...

Goldman Sachs launches junk bond ETF

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... high-yield corporate debt, according to documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The ETF will track an index of dollar-denominated bonds sold by US or Canadian companies that have minimum of one year to maturity and are rated BB+ ...