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Grant Thornton affirms indigenous commitment with new partner

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... retail clients benefit from specialised advisory services including commercial finance, category management, end-to-end supply chain management, process optimisation, technology strategy, and property services.

Less liquidity to lessen risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... government and the central bank's efforts to reduce liquidity in the system are starting to have an impact. China's M2 money supply went up by 8.8% in the year to October after rising by 9.2% in the previous month. Not only is this lower than market ...

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... previous month and 4.8% at the start of the year. Forward indicators point to continued growth. While the Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index decreased to a reading of 58.7 in October, it was from September's 13-year high of 60.8 ...

Aussie fintech usage surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... money transfer and payments. According to Fintech Australia, there are 400 fintech companies in the country, 72% of which supply services to businesses and 54% cater to consumers. The sector is proving to be lucrative, with median revenue jumping 200% ...

Industry Super pushes for affordable housing asset class

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... land taxes. Another suggestion is for governments and the private sector to work together to increase the assisted housing supply and originate a new asset class to attract institutional investors such as superannuation funds, private equity and debt ...

BOE does what it said it would do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... which has slowed even as global growth has risen significantly. And Brexit-related constraints on investment and labour supply appear to be reinforcing the marked slowdown that has been increasingly evident in recent years in the rate at which the economy ...

Broker popularity on the rise: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... but is also preventing some sophisticated investors from investing in their financial futures as well as adding to the supply of rental properties," Kingsley said. However, despite changes in lending policies over the past two years, 38% of investors ...

Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... rate for five months." If you think there's no stopping the Fed now, wait till you see the figures from the Institute of Supply Management. The ISM manufacturing index jumped to a reading of 60.8 in September - the highest in 13 years (May 2004) - from ...

The BOJ's educated hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... the policy statement explained his rationale. "Mr. G. Kataoka dissented, considering that, since there remained an excess supply capacity in capital stock and the labor market, monetary easing effects gained from the current yield curve were not enough ...

Peak iron ore?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... their expectations for iron ore prices "to fall in the period ahead because of the ongoing expansion of global iron ore supply following an extended period of strong investment. Members also noted that Chinese steel production per capita was likely to ...