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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+ ...

More fires than hires

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... business activity in the near-term, and are higher than through much of H2 2016." (NAB) "The Westpac Melbourne Institute Index of Unemployment expectations fell by 3.1% in March pushing the Index back to around the levels in December." (WBC) Even the ...

CBA receives top sustainability endorsement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
... ensuring diversity and inclusion, and environmental impact to determine its ranking. Commencing in 2005, the G100 is an index of the world's most sustainable companies, assessing them on 10 key KPIs specific to their sector. The 10 KPIs applicable to ...

Machineries not in order

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... investment in them - one that's also indicated by the improvement in the Bank of Japan's Tankan survey that showed the index of large manufacturers rose to a reading of plus 10 in the December quarter from plus 6 in the previous three quarters. Still ...

Every American's turning optimist

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... outlook" for the US economy. The personal financial outlook index increased by 2.5 points to 62.3 in January while and the index of confidence in federal economic policies rose by 0.2 point to 48.5 - still below 50 but represents the best level since ...