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Fidelity portfolio manager resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... (23.6% of the portfolio), financials (20%), consumer discretionary (19.5%), materials (11.7%) and others. Stocks listed in China, Taiwan and India account for more than half of the assets. Its five biggest shareholdings were Taiwan Semiconductor, HDFC ...

Chief economist update: The pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... more infectious and more deadly variants) and, away from the madding crowd... rising geo-political tensions - US versus China, Russia and Iran. It's also no secret that the S&P 500's valuation are stretched. Factset data shows it's now trading ...

Citi to exit consumer banking in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... consumer banking division. This will mean Citi is exiting consumer banking entirely in a number of markets including Australia. China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and Bahrain's Citi consumer ...

Chief economist update: ScoMo cannot miss new vaccination target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
Some move the goalposts when they can't hit the target, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison did one better and all but abandoned his government's vaccine roll-out target. Taking to Facebook, Morrison announced on April 10 that: "The government ...

Chief economist update: No fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
The coronavirus optimism that prevailed over the dying weeks of 2020 and into the first quarter of this year has been replaced by concerns over the resurgence in infections - in Europe, India, Japan, South Korea and lately, the US, among others - caused ...

Chief economist update: Chinese manufacturing ramps up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
Activity in China's manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors returned with a vengeance after a brief pause during the country's Lunar New Year holidays. National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data show that China's manufacturing PMI rebounded ...

EG to expand Asia REIT down under

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... investor offerings," Pak said. The HK$195 billion Link REIT has 127 properties in Hong Kong, five properties in Mainland China, one property in London and recently acquired 100 Market Street in Sydney. "Link REIT is eager to work closely with EG to deliver ...

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle keeps on turning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... ore prices because of the ongoing diplomatic and trade tensions between Canberra and Beijing, which has already prompted China to impose import restrictions on Australian products. The latest international merchandise trade data show that Australia's ...

Kin Group bids to takeover McPherson's

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... uncertainty, including a lack of visibility on the current performance of sales of the Dr. LeWinn's product range into China," Perkins said. "Although highly uncertain and with no guarantee of success, McPherson's urgently needs to undertake ...

Chief economist update: Strike while iron ore cools

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... 70.3% surge. This recent pause aside, the longer-term trend remains for continued price gains backed by strong demand from China - - the world's biggest consumer ((69.1% of total world iron imports) - strengthening economy and its growing demand ...