Which key events have been driving markets? Watch this video of NAB Asset Management’s Senior Economist Bob Cunneen talking to Global Equities Portfolio Manager Myooran Mahalingam to find out. They discuss:     Australian shares disappointing while the economy recorded improving data     the lessening of geopolitical risks in terms of North Korea, and     changes…

Highlights: Economic data released over the past month has continued to give investors optimism that the global economy is experiencing synchronised growth for the first time in many years. Investor concern over tensions between the United States and North Korea has subsided. Early economic indicators from the United States suggest that the recent hurricanes have…

At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent. Conditions in the global economy have improved. Labour markets have tightened and above-trend growth is expected in a number of advanced economies, although uncertainties remain. Growth in the Chinese economy is being supported by increased spending on infrastructure…