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Chief economist: Thank you, Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... Putin, the US and NATO know it. At the same time, they're not willing to go on an all-out war against Russia - not with China watching - that'll eventually lead to a zero-sum game where everybody loses. Certainly, the current geopolitical uncertainty ...

Australian market praised in latest pension study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... on average from 66.6% in 2001 to 37.7% in 2021. The markets included in the study are Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, South Korea ...

What fund selectors want: Natixis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... less supportive central bank policy is their main concern, 40% cited COVID-19 variants, 39% are most concerned about US/China relations and 24% are worried about economic growth. The analysis also showed seven in 10 fund selectors globally see interest ...

AustralianSuper to grow external mandates, hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... covering the Japanese and Indian markets will be on the table for the first time. The fund will also look to build out its China A shares portfolio and appoint a range of sector specific, specialist or bespoke mandates. According to Rainmaker data, as ...

Net zero banks fund $3.5bn in carbon: Market Forces

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... decades." Other banks include Japanese megabanks Mizuho, MUFG and SMBC, UK's HSBC and Standard Chartered, and Bank of China. Woodside, which sold the stake to GIP, has said this deal is critical to its decision to go ahead with the Pluto 2 project ...

Water, water everywhere but nothing to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... just begun. Although still not proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, since the first bat flapped its covid wings in Wuhan (China), it has gone through several mutations - most notably, Alpha, Delta and now Omicron - each bringing fresh challenges and ...

Australian billionaires double fortunes during pandemic: Oxfam

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... their own profit," Morgain said. The report also notes the significance of the world's two largest economies, the US and China, starting to consider policies that reduce inequality, including by imposing higher tax rates on the rich and acting against ...

How to invest in China: Capital Group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
China's slowing economy may have investors on edge as we ease into 2022, but there's still plenty of opportunities - so long as you know where to look, Capital Group says. Providing an investment outlook for 2022, Capital Group said investors must do ...

FIRB reappoints Irvine as chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... Irvine as the chair of the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) for a further two-year period. The former ambassador to China and high commissioner to Papua New Guinea was first appointed to the FIRB as a member in 2015 and subsequently appointed chair ...

Economic recap: Week to December 10

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... more infectious and has already triggered renewed lockdowns in Europe and Asia and the new strain has now circled back to China, that in turn, puts a question mark on whether or not a new vaccine would need to be developed against the new strain." Replace ...