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Rimmer departs in EQT management shake-up

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
After promoting four members of its corporate trustees services team in September, Equity Trustees has made further management changes as part of its ongoing restructure. The goal of these new changes, according to EQT, is to "more clearly define management ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... index went rose to 51.5 from 49.4 in August. This was higher than market expectations for a gain to 50.3 and was driven by a sharp six-point rebound in new orders to a reading of 55.1. Production gained 1.4 points to an equally solid 52.8 in September. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... worse than expected 2.1% year-on-year decline in retail sales (reported yesterday), Japanese household spending dropped by a sharp 4.6% in the year to August. This compares with market expectations for a 2.5% fall and is the fastest rate of decline since ...

CFS to integrate with IRESS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... professional management and administration. These benefits have been known by the industry for some time, but we are now seeing a sharp uptick in the demand for these types of products, Chun said. IRESS chief executive Andrew Walsh said the technology ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... better than market expectations for a 1.9% decline and could be attributed to the volatile transportation orders which saw a sharp 21.9% fall in non-defense aircraft orders in August (following a 73.7% jump in the previous month). Year-on-year, total ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
Australia leading index The Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity showed no growth (0%) in August, decelerating from 0.08% in the previous month but the six-month annualised growth rate - indicating the "pace of economic activity ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... June quarter. Although this is less than market expectations for a 2.5% rise, the second quarter growth rate represent a sharp turnaround from the slowdown in the previous two quarters. Price growth of residential homes slowed from 2.0% in the three ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
US housing market index The NAHB housing market index rose to a reading of 65 in September, a sharp improvement from the previous month's 59 level. This was better than the expected increase to 60 and the best reading since October 2015. Better, all ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Australia business confidence The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) 25bps cut in the official cash rate to 1.50% in August helped lift the NAB business confidence indext from a reading of plus 4 in July to plus 6 last month - consistent with its long-term ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
Australia lending finance Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed a sharp 9.0% increase in the total value commercial finance commitments in July, more than reversing the 8.2% drop in the previous month. The increase was driven by ...