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Labour costs rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... from 1.4% in the September quarter and 1.0% in June quarter. While this is in line with market expectations, the latest figure is the fastest annual rate of growth since the first quarter of 2016. Wages and salaries per hour worked rose by 1.6% year-on-year ...

More fires than hires

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
Markets received their regular does of adrenalin again yesterday when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest stats on the country's labour market. The seasonally adjusted numbers showed total employment dropped by 6,400 in February ...

Liftoff imminent at Spaceship

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The countdown is on at fledgling start-up and technology-focused superannuation product-provider Spaceship, as chief executive Paul Bennetts attempts to convert his waitlist of 22,000 into a $1 billion fund. Touring around multiple start-up hubs this ...

Insto trading volumes surge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
Institutional trading volumes inside Liquidnet's global network jumped 44% in the three months to December 2016, outpacing the Australian public markets. Liquidnet's latest figures also show about $2.7 billion of principal was traded, driven by growing ...

Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
The just-released "OECD Economic Surveys, Australia" provided a pretty growth picture of the domestic economy, forecasting GDP growth of 2.6% this year and 3.1% in 2018 - one that would lower the current jobless rate from 5.7% (January 2017) to 5.5% ...

Custody sector hits $3 trillion

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
The custody and administration sector grew 5.2% between June and December 2016, the latest figures from the Australian Custodial Services Association show. Assets under custody (AUC) for Australian investors reached $3 trillion for the first time, with ...

Australia missing golden export opportunity

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
The current withholding tax regime is severely stifling management of offshore funds, and by extension, the Australian economy. New research from UBS Asset Management and the Financial Services Council shows that over the past 30 years, the amount of ...

Good credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
The latest lending stats out of the Eurozone continue the developing good news story in the single currency area despite the lingering political uncertainty - elections in France, the Netherlands and Germany - Brexit and continuing terrorist threat ...

Super consolidation imminent: research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
The number of super funds (excluding SMFSs) have dropped by 72% from 872 to 244 in the last ten years (see Figure 1), according to new research from Rice Warner. The annual Superannuation Market Projections Report shows in 2016, 83 out of 219 funds ...

IFM sees value in handbags

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... involvement in, and transparency of, their private equity investment," Wardman-Browne said. While the exact investment figure is undisclosed, the IFM private equity team seeks to invest in growing businesses in Australia and New Zealand with a value ...