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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
Australia housing finance The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the total value of dwelling finance commitments increased by 1.0% in the month of May as a 3.9% jump in "investment housing" more than offset the 0.6% fall in lending"owner ...

Returning Fed hike expectations could be flattened by yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
A big bounce in US employment gave the green light to investors and speculators to put risk back on onto their portfolios. Fear, it seems, has left the building... or driven out by the strong US jobs numbers. The VIX index closed 10.6% down to a reading ...

Credit Suisse MD resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
Credit Suisse's managing director, investment banking has resigned. Matthew Tehan was co-head of debt and derivatives, having joined Credit Suisse in 1999. He shared the role with Michael Tierney, who will now take sole responsibility for this area. ...

ASFA appoints interim CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia will announce its new chief executive in September following an extensive search and selection process to replace Pauline Vamos. Overseeing ASFA in an interim chief executive role from 16 July will ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
Australian dwelling approvals The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures showing that total dwelling units approved dropped by 5.2% in the month of May, worse than market expectations for a 3.3% fall and more than reversing April's 3.3% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
Australia private sector credit The latest update on Australia's private sector credit provides a first look at the impact of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) cut in the official cash rate from 2.0% to 1.75% on the 3rd of May. Total private sector ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
Australia new home sales The Housing Industry Association reported that sales of new homes fell by 4.4% to 7,278 units in the month of May following a 4.7% decline in the previous month. Sales of detached homes continued to contract - down by 6.7% in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
UK credit rating The Brexit fallout continues. Credit-rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings have downgraded the United Kingdom's sovereign credit rating. Standard & Poor's lowered the UK's credit rating by two notches, from 'AAA' to 'AA' ...

William Blair funds rated positively by SQM

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
Two William Blair funds have been given "superior" ratings by research house SQM. The William Blair Global Leaders fund earned a 4.25-star rating and the William Blair Emerging Markets Leaders Fund earned four stars. Explaining the ratings, SQM said ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
... 48.2 and marks the fourth straight month that factory activity in the country had been in contraction (below 50). Yen strength - up 14.7% versus the greenback this year to date - induced a sharp drop in international demand, sending both production and ...