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Flat Australian dividends help case for global diversification

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
The latest Henderson Global Dividend Index reinforces the need for Australian investors to seek income in offshore markets as Australian equities continued to produce flat dividends. Dividends in Australia fell 0.2% on an underlying basis in the three ...

Combination of fiscal and monetary policy essential for Japan

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... is a great tool because of its direct impact on spending if you're faced with a situation where you've got a very short, sharp, negative shock to the economy that you want to smooth out like say a GFC, but it's not very effective because it doesn't have ...

Global ETPs see strong inflows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
Global exchange traded products (ETPs) recorded their best monthly flows since December 2014, according to BlackRock's July ETP Landscape Report. The world's largest asset manager reported global ETP flows of $55.2 billion for the six months to end ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... weather and a cheaper pound (which boosted tourism) during the month. To this, I would add the wealth effect caused by the sharp gains in the stock market since Brexit. After dropping to a post-Brexit low of 5982.20 points (27 June), the FTSE-100 index ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
Australia leading index The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity inched up by 0.1% in July, partially reversing the previous month's 0.2% fall. More important, the six-month annualised growth rate in the index - indicating ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... is currently around ¥101.25. As history shows, this indicator has a tendency to jump one month only to be followed by a sharp fall the next - e.g., March's 5.5% increase was followed by a hefty 11.0% drop in April; January's 15.0% rise was followed ...

K2 hurt by Brexit call

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... had collateral damage on the funds' non-UK positions as, in local currency terms, financials were down 6.1% in June. The sharp rise in the Australian dollar versus the GBP of 13% in June also had an impact on K2's performance. Neal said K2 expected the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
Australia business confidence Brexit and the close 2 July Australian Federal elections dented Australian business sentiment as could be expected, but only just. The National Australia Bank (NAB) business confidence index eased to a reading of plus 4 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... by the UK to leave the European Union on June 24" is how ANZ's head of Australian economics Felicity Emmett explained the sharp 0.8% drop in total job advertisements in July - the first month-on-month fall since April and follows June's 0.4% increase. ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
Another stimulus package for Japan Japan has announced a stimulus package containing a raft of infrastructure and welfare measures in yet another attempt to jolt the nation's economy back to life. The package, headlined at A$350 billion if you include ...