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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... consumption adjustments) surged by 6.6% in the September quarter following a 0.6% fall in the three-months to June. The latest figure takes the year-on-year growth in corporate profits up to 2.8% -- the first increase since the March quarter of 2015 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... expenditure drop by 4.0% in the September quarter. While worse than market expectations for a 2.5% fall, the third quarter figure represents an improvement from the quarterly rate of -5.2% in the June quarter and -5.4% in the three months to March. Total ...

ANZ has little time for robo-advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... appropriate," Elliott said. "We actually want to be smaller, to be better. And we want to do what we're good at even better. I figure a smaller bank and a simpler bank will be easier to manage."

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
Australia private sector credit Total private sector increased by 0.5% in the month of October, better than market expectations for a 0.4% rise and followed gains of 0.4% in each of the previous three months. October's monthly gain were driven by the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... consumption adjustments) surged by 6.6% in the September quarter following a 0.6% fall in the three-months to June. The latest figure takes the year-on-year growth in corporate profits up to 2.8% -- the first increase since the March quarter of 2015 ...

Instos consider Aussie infrastructure plans

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... investment in infrastructure is to support jobs and growth, but it's not just about that. In a bureaucracy we're really trying figure out how to best invest and support the citizens and communities we live in. Infrastructure has a role to play in that," ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
Australia managed funds industry The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that the managed funds industry saw a 2.2% increase in funds under management to A$2,774.5 billion in the September quarter from A$2,715.5 billion in the June quarter. ...

Listed infrastructure has winners and losers

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
An evaluation of listed infrastructure is becoming ever more difficult as market conditions in the past year highlight how diverse the asset class is, toppled with the lack of a commonly accepted benchmark. In its recent Infrastructure Securities Sector ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... 93.8 in November. This compares with the preliminary reading and consensus expectations, both at 91.6 and October's final figure of 87.2 in October. The current conditions index jumped to 107.3 in November from 103.2 in the previous month and the expectations ...

Ageing societies threaten to undermine global economy

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... Conference, Jackson noted that a quarter of the world's population will be "aged" by 2050. In countries like Japan, this figure could be as high as 35%. This obviously presents major issues for all ageing economies, particularly in regards to the rising ...