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Chief economist update: Australian bull market here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Just a weetle more, a weetle more... a little more push higher and sooner than soon, the All Ordinaries index would satisfy the technical definition of a bull market - a 20% rally from its nearest low - and onwards towards topping its record high of ...

Liquidnet acquires fintech

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
The global network for institutional investors has acquired a firm that uses natural language processing to produce predictive market analytics for investment professionals. Liquidnet has acquired Prattle, the developer of a proprietary system that ...

Chief economist update: Oil market slides from bull to bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
Crude oil prices have dropped, turning this year's bull market into a bear market. Oil prices rallied nearly 50% from January to April this year on the back of the Fed's pause; China's stimulus measures and expectations of continued easy ...

IRESS acquires market data firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
Financial technology company IRESS is acquiring an international provider of market data and trading infrastructure. IRESS will pay up to €38.9 million for QuantHouse which provides more than 145 data feeds from exchanges and other data providers ...

Chief economist update: ECB exit proves premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... soon when it ended its â,¬2.6 trillion asset purchase programme (APP) on 31 December 2018. More so because it sent the euro/US$ rate climbing back up - a lever it could have used to counteract slowing trade dynamics. So much so, the ECB is now canvassing ...

Chief economist update: The greatest challenge of our time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... to 0.9% - still above the 0.5% low after the Brexit referendum in 2016 but way down from the GFC low of 2.95%. Meanwhile, Euro bond yields are minus 0.17% - they dropped to 2.9% during the GFC - and yields on 10-year JGBs are currently trading at minus ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... currencies in the rest of the world are undervalued relative to the US dollar. China's yuan was 45.3% undervalued; the Euro by 16.8%; the South Korean won by 27.9%; and the Japanese yen by 35.5%. The 1.5% appreciation in Bloomberg's US dollar ...

Citi names new regional chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
Citi appointed a new head of Australia as incumbent David Livingstone takes the reins of the EMEA business. Marc Luet will become the chief executive for Australia, as well as lead the New Zealand business. He is currently cluster head for Israel, Kazakhstan ...

Beware: Zombie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... 2019, there were nine ETFs of 196 that met the Zombie criteria. These include: BetaShares Agriculture (hedged), Betashares Euro, K2 Global Equities Fund, three ETF Securities products (physical palladium, platinum and precious metal), and three UBS IQ ...

EQT names local head of fund services

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
Equity Trustees appointed a new head of fund services for Australia as it readies the division for the offshore market. Russell Beasley was promoted to the role after spending more than four years as general manager of fund services. Beasley joined ...