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Beige Book report delivers known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... economists, market experts, and other sources. The Beige Book summarises this information by district and sector. An overall summary of the 12 district reports is prepared by a designated Federal Reserve Bank on a rotating basis." Yes Virginia, the Beige ...

Inflated attention on September US CPI inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... Fed's favoured inflation measure is the personal consumption expenditure (PCE) price index not the CPI. In the Fed's "Summary of Economic Projections" (latest release was in September), the US central bank prints point forecasts for "PCE inflation" and ...

Job openings in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
It lags the US non-farm payrolls report but the US JOLTS (job openings and labor turnover summary) a handy check on the state of the US labour market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics'(BLS) latest update showed little change in August from July: job openings ...

Iceberg MDAs driving managed account FUM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
... six months of 1% as an indicator, and $0.39 billion of the growth is likely the result of market movement," he said. In summary, Potter said the managed accounts space is growing faster than ever before with both new and existing participants adding ...

No follow through

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... August meeting -- - the first since Carney made the statement in late June. The British central bank's monetary policy summary statement revealed its continued worry over above target inflation - headline at 2.6% in June; core at 2.4% -- brought about ...

Super trustees on notice over fund disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... trustee directors' remuneration for the last two financial years, fund trust deeds and product disclosure statements, a summary of significant event notices sent to fund members in the last two years and a summary of how the trustee voted in the last ...

No spend, no inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
In its 'Summary of Opinions at the Monetary Policy Meeting on April 26 and 27, 2017', released on the 10th of May, the BOJ no longer spoke of an economic "recovery", instead it talked about an economic "expansion" - the most optimistic the BOJ had been ...

Japan rides the virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... equities is, perhaps, explained by the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) growing optimism over the country's economic outlook. In its 'Summary of Opinions at the Monetary Policy Meeting on April 26 and 27, 2017', released on the 10th of May, the BOJ no longer spoke ...

Life insurance claims handling must improve: ISWG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... philosophy is sufficiently aligned with member obligations; and funds should publish claims philosophy online in full or summary form. In reference to suitable timeframes, the ISWG proposed issue of claim forms at the request of claimants be made within ...

Super insurance maintains active pricing: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... competitiveness among group insurance and the importance to a super fund's overall offering. Rainmaker's analysis includes a summary of the rate and coverage movements by using the proxy of average cover per dollar of weekly premiums for a 40-year-old ...