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Chief economist update: Woe to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... time that: "The S&P 500 index is up 12.6% this year to date; the Stoxx-50 index is up 12.8%; the All Ords is up 9.7%; the FTSE-100 is up 7.4%; the Nikkei-225 is up 7.2% and China's Shanghai composite index is up 21.2%. "Bond yields have been falling ...

Chief economist update: Be fearful when indicators show no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... no surprise. The S&P 500 index is up 12.6% this year to date; the Stoxx-50 index is up 12.8%; the All Ords is up 9.7%; the FTSE-100 is up 7.4%; the Nikkei-225 is up 7.2% and China's Shanghai composite index is up 21.2%. This makes perfect sense ...

Chief economist update: Breaking up is hard to do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... British economy has grown faster than all of its G7 peers -- Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Canada - except for the US. The FTSE-100 index even reached an all-time high in May 2018. Likewise, the country's unemployment rate has remained at 4.0% ...

Fund managers embrace China exposure: Zenith

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... World indices, a move that was well-received by global investors seeking improved access to Chinese stocks. In the same year FTSE Russell announced it promoted China A-Shares to emerging market status. From June 2019, they will be included in FTSE Russell's ...

No-deal Brexit prolongs market uncertainty

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... voted 'no' and 202 voted 'yes.' Under UK law, a motion of no confidence could trigger an early election. The FTSE recorded a 0.58% increase to 6895.02, while other major indices such as the DJIA rose 0.65% to 24,065.59. Saxo Capital Markets ...

Chief economist update: disUnited Kingdom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... the British pound has generally traded sideways after recovering all of its losses following the Brexit referendum and the FTSE-100 index even reached an all-time high of 7,877.45 points in May of 2018. But as EU president Donald Tusk declared: "The ...

FTSE Russell expands ESG research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
FTSE Russell formed a global ESG research partnership with Sustainalytics, as investors demand ESG integration within their strategies. The partnership will allow the firm to develop a new set of ESG indexes, with Sustainalytics' ESG risk ratings research ...

Why indexing is big business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... companies benchmarked against the Index Industry Association (IIA) estimate of 3.3 million indices - about 70 times more. FTSE Russell managing director of global markets research Philip Lawlor says the role of the index provider is changing shape rapidly ...

Inside Bennelong and its UK engine room

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... opportunities in events like this, Thomas adds. From a UK equities perspective, the executive points out that about 75% of FTSE companies' revenues are generated overseas. A hard Brexit or no deal would most likely see a currency depreciation meaning ...

Growth spurs new hires at Australian Unity

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... Investment Management, before joining Legal and General Investment Management - the £984 billion investment management arm of FTSE 100 British financial services company Legal and General.