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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
Australia consumer sentiment The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment improved to 102.4 in October, up by 1.1% from September's 101.4 reading. October's figure is the third straight month of improving sentiment after the index hit ...

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 ...

Vanguard changes emerging markets ETF index

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
Vanguard Australia has completed its planned change in the underlying index of its Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) in order to provide investors with exposure to China-A shares and a bigger weighting to smaller companies. Effective as ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... consumer sentiment Although marginal and less than market expectations, the 0.3% increase in the Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment to 101.4 in September from 101.0 in the previous month indicates that optimists continue to outnumber ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... increase in the federal funds rate" arrived in the form of a resurgence in US consumer confidence. The Conference Board's index of consumer confidence jumped to a reading of 101.1 in August, up from 96.7 in the previous month and significantly higher ...

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, 14 JUL 2016
... country's labour market. As regards the housing market, the "the time to buy a dwelling" index declined by 1.8% while the "index of house price expectations" went up by 4.3% to its highest level since August 2015. US export and import prices If the Fed's ...

ANZ ETFS readies Eurozone ETF

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... ANZ ETFS Euro Stoxx 50 ETF, which will have the ASX ticker code ESTX, will track the Eurozone's largest and most liquid index of blue-chip stocks. The index covers 50 of the largest stocks from 12 countries within the Eurozone including France, Germany ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... momentum". This is the header of Westpac's media release on the latest update of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity. The index tracks future economic activity three to nine months in advanced. The index increased by 0.20 ...

Super fund asset class performance disappoints

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... any additional returns above index are increasingly valuable for members. For example average underperformance to the index of over 2% in fixed interest asset class is a serious anchor on actual return when the asset class itself produces low returns," ...