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Chief economist update: Turkey's roasted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
Think it's called a "swan dive" not a "Turkey" dive but this is exactly what the Turkish lira did over the past week as it engaged the world's biggest superpower into a diplomatic stoush. "I fought the law and the law won." - The Clash America ...

Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... The New York Tines reports that "China and Mexico have already retaliated with their own tariffs, and Canada, Japan and Turkey are readying similar offensives. The risk of escalation is high since Trump has promised even more tariffs." Of course, he ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand so far this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg... Developing nations including Turkey, Indonesia, India and Argentina have raised rates, while Brazil's central bank has sold extra foreign-exchange swap ...

Chief economist update: Erdogan's Turkey is cooked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... bigger fishes to fry, largely self-inflicted as in Argentina and Turkey's case. Just like Argentina two weeks before, Turkey is in the firing line. The Banco Central de la Republica Argentina (BCRA) raised interest rates by 675 basis points to a ...

Norway dominates sovereign wealth funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... capital was redistributed to the country's National Wealth Fund. Assets of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Turkey Wealth Fund continued to gain momentum, growing US$183 billion and US$40 billion respectively. While sovereign wealth funds ...

Aussie firms join gender index

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... first time, with ANZ, Bank of Queensland, QBE and Westpac appearing. Brazil, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, Sweden and Turkey are also new additions. Firms included on the index demonstrate an average female board representation of 24.2%, while ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... of the G20 economies since the GFC with the biggest cutbacks in the European Union, the US, Russia, and Mexico. Canada, Turkey, and South Africa have meanwhile increased investment. McKinsey and Company said if the current trajectory of underinvestment ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... 30,000 kms of which China has 11,000 kms, Spain 4,000 kms, Japan has 3,500 kms, and France and Germany have 2,000 kms each. Turkey's 4pct GDP growth GDP growth in Turkey is projected to remain close to 4% per annum in 2016 and 2017, according to the ...

IFM Investors sell Pacific Hydro to SPIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... total installed capacity exceeds 100 gigawatts with presence in 35 countries and regions overseas including Malta, Japan, Turkey, and Vietnam. SPIC was advised by Santander Global Corporate Banking and King & Wood Mallesons. IFM Investors was advised ...

Chill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... apply, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) chief Glenn Stevens wasn't advising Russian President Vladimir Putin against having Turkey for Thanksgiving in retaliation for Turkey's - the country - downing of a Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border. ...