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Chief economist update: Countdown to T-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
It's now 8pm in Washington. That's four hours until T-day (tariff Friday) - the time when US tariffs on about US$200 billion worth of Chinese goods are set to increase to 25% from 10%. Investors around the globe are holding their collective ...

Chief economist update: The tweet that reignited the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... action - a negotiating ploy to get more from China - along with news that China's trade delegation would proceed to Washington (as scheduled) later this week. We'll soon find out... later this week. But if negotiations continue to head south ...

LICs defy franking credit refund changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... period. It made significant purchases in James Hardie Industries, Transurban Group, and reduced holdings in AGL Energy, Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Perpetual. Rainmaker data shows the LIC sector stood at $42 billion as at the end of September 2018 ...

Norwegian pension fund drops WHSP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
Norges Bank decided its Government Pension Fund Global should drop Washington H. Soul Pattinson from its investment universe. Norges Bank's Government Pension fund Global has axed Washington H. Soul Pattinson from its investment universe based on recommendations ...

NAFTA's dead, welcome USMCA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... didn't offer any radical change on the treaty but merely a small incremental improvement. So much so that even the Washington Post likened it to "pouring old wines into new bottles." That may be, but according to the Washington Post's "Wonkblog" ...

Pengana merger pays off for WHSP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
Washington H. Soul Pattinson grew the value of its financial services investment portfolio by 19.3% in the 12 months to July 2018, contributing $16.4 million in net profit. Releasing full-year results today, the diversified investment house said the ...

Chief economist update: Small business is big business

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... President Donald Trump when he spoke at the 75th Anniversary of the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) in Washington in June this year. And, you know, small businesses really are. The stats are rather dated, but according to the US ...

First on the block: CBA to develop blockchain bond

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... Victoria. CBA said the bond would be issued and distributed on a blockchain platform operated by the World Bank and CBA in Washington and Sydney, respectively. The platform was designed and developed by the CBA innovation lab's blockchain centre of excellence. ...

Chief economist update: Shanghai's drop is China's problem, the yuan's slide is everyone's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... billion to $1.18 trillion in December from a year earlier, according to Treasury Department data released Thursday in Washington. China remains the largest non-US holder of debt followed by Japan, whose holdings fell for the fifth straight month in December ...

ASX-listed multi-boutique names new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... Russell Investments prior to that. In his new role, he will remain in the US at Pacific Current's office in Tacoma, Washington. His appointment follows a Pacific Current boutique, GQG Partners, winning a global equities mandate from Rest. The mandate ...