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Aon creates new financial division

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... and implementing the Financial Specialties strategy. Prior to joining Aon in 2011 Richards was senior vice president within AIG's Mergers & Acquisitions and Financial Institutions group. Liz Botha and Stephen Trickey will continue to lead Trade Credit ...

RBA and Melbourne Cup two-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... that the official cash rate would remain at 2.5% because of latest indications - retail sales, housing, unemployment rate, AiG Performance of Manufacturing index - suggest the economy is gently recovering. Governor Glen would also attempt to jawbone ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... trend growth of 3.0%. The disappointing retail sales report - up 0.1% in the month of July and 1.9% over the year - and the AiG Performance of Manufacturing Index that showed activity in the sector remained in contraction territory for the 26th straight ...

Let 'em rip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013

RBA decisions decisions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... Retail sales rose by a less than expected 0.2% in April; consumer confidence fell at its fastest rate in 17 months in May; the AiG Performance of Manufacturing Index contracted for 23rd straight month in May; ANZ job ads fell by 2.4% in May - the third ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... interplay of global economic forces on domestics, the domestic releases are nasty, nasty by their lonesome. In Australia, the AiG manufacturing index 'slump' (that's the word I found in most headlines) by 7.7 points to 36.7 in April - the lowest level ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... Atlantic for $US360 million ($A344.75 million) as it seeks a bigger share of the lucrative New York-to-London travel market. AIG also gained after the US Treasury Department said it had sold the rest of its stake in the insurer. AIG was bailed out by ...

Uncertainly certain RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... profits down 2.9% and wages and salaries down 0.2% in the third quarter; flat retail sales in October; ANZ job ads down by 2.9%, AiG PMI down 1.6 points, house prices flat and TD Securities inflation measure down by 0.1% in November; and, still strong ...

Three chances to win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... level - 50.6 in October - though this is a 22-month low and down from 52.2 reading of the previous month. And back home, the AIG/CBA Performance of Services Index rose to 42.8 last month from 41.9 in September. Still contracting but improving? Or... ...

Can't fix what's not broken, yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... in the non-resource sector of the economy and still uncertain global conditions. Only yesterday, we got proof of this. The AIG performance of manufacturing index fell to 49.5 in March - that's manufacturing is contracting territory folks - from 51.3 ...