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Brexit where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... claimant count unemployment - down 10,100 in December - suggests continued labour market strength. This is affirmed by the stronger than expected wages growth. Average weekly earnings (including bonuses) growth accelerated to 2.8% in the three months ...

Rising exports drive wider surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... and €22.9 billion in November 2015. This was better than market expectations for a €22 billion surplus, driven by stronger export growth (6.0% in the year to November) relative to growth in imports (5.0%). The trade data continues the latest string ...

Will 2017 be a mirror image of 2016?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... trading on hope since November 2016. Hope that Trump will deliver on his promised reflation - one that would bring about stronger growth (he's aiming for 3%-4% growth in US real GDP) that would lift company profits - and all the good things that go with ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... it remains below Bank Negara Malaysia's 2.5%-3.5% target for this year. Last month's pick up in prices was driven by stronger year-on-year increases in the prices of food & non-alcoholic beverages (+3.8% from +2.5% in October); health (+2.5% from +2.3%) ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... composite PMI fell to a reading of 53.7 in December - the lowest in three months - from November's final reading of 54.9 as stronger expansion in manufacturing (to 54.2 in December from 54.1) was more than offset by a fall in the services sector's expansion ...

Watermark closes IPO for market neutral LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... business," Watermark chief investment officer Justin Braitling said. "WGF gives investors the opportunity to achieve stronger, more consistent performance amidst the current volatility, and reduced equity market risk. WGF's strategy hedges out market ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
... index to 54.2 in November, but the AiG performance of services index's 0.6 point rise to 51.1 continues the trend towards stronger expansion seen in manufacturing. New orders (54.0 in November from 52.3 in October, employment (52.3 from 52.9) and deliveries ...

Part-pensioners short-changed by asset test changes

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... income, as well as tap-into their status as 'tax-free' investors, harnessing the benefits of franking credits to deliver stronger returns." Under the new asset test arrangements, a home-owning couple holding over $816,000 in assets will lose access to ...

Instos consider Aussie infrastructure plans

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... The government is supporting 69 of the 78 recommendations made by Infrastructure Australia's 15-year plan to build a stronger nation and a more prosperous economy. It has committed funding towards 14 of the 15 projects on Infrastructure Australia's Infrastructure ...

Key demographic trends open new doors for advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... advice market could double in size in the next five years if advisers start encouraging clients to plan ahead, creating a stronger advice relationship and rebuilding trust diminished by the GFC and recent advice scandals along the way. Inwood said the ...