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What price Brexit certainty?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... Brexit negotiations, the economy is doing just nicely, thank you very much. Despite some slight weakening in recent days, the FTSE-100 index remains close to the record high 7,562.28 points reached on 6 November 2017. This is not at all surprising given ...

BOE does what it said it would do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... British currency would likely continue to put upward pressure on inflation. Not that the stockmarket is complaining. The FTSE-100 index closed 0.9% higher on the day for a cheaper pound boosts the competitiveness of UK exporters as well as domestic import-competing ...

No follow through

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... sharply above the 50 expansion/contraction line for 12 months running. One that's also underlined by continued gains in the FTSE-100 index - up 5.2% this year to date and 18.5% since the Brexit referendum. All good... except for wages. For despite low ...

Australian dollar poses problem for RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
"The Australian economy is evolving broadly as expected. The Bank's forecasts are little changed from those published in the May Statement on Monetary Policy. The economy is expected to grow at an annual rate of around 3% over the next couple of years ...

Last chance: Financial Standard ETF Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... Global Advisors Arnie Selvarajah, chief executive, Bell Direct Sudir Raju, managing director, exchange traded products Asia, FTSE Russell Tim Bradbury, executive director, ETF client coverage, MSCI Russel Chesler, director, investments & portfolio strategy ...

May the force's not with her

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... dollar; it went down by 1.3% against the euro and by 1.1% vis-a-vis the Japanese yen. It wasn't all bad news though. The FTSE 100 index rose by 1.0% the day after the elections, for a 5.4% gain this year to 9 June, as the increased uncertainty prompted ...

Veteran WTW investments head departs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... Denning originally joined WTW in 1994. She also worked as an asset consultant at Mercer for five years, and is a member of the FTSE Asia-Pacific Regional and Hang Send Index Advisory Committees. After leaving WTW, she will relocate to Canada with her ...

VanEck partners to launch ETF model portfolios

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... Index International Shares ETF, VanEck Vectors AUstralian Property ETF, SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate ETF, VanEck Vectors FTSE Global Infrastructure (Hedged) ETF, iShares Composite Bond Index ETF and Vanguard International Fixed Index (Hedged) ETF. ...

Two-year road to Brexit begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... 2017. The market's reaction to the news was little reaction. The British pound dipped a bit from US$1.2450 to US$1.2438; The FTSE-100 index gained a bit, up 0.4% on the day; and the yield on 10-year UK gilts slipped by 4 bps to 1.15%. Perhaps this is ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... Treasuries increased by a full 10 basis points to 2.57%). The Euro Stoxx-50 index closed lower by as much, down 0.8% and the FTSE-100 index finished 0.3% down. Equity markets in the Asian timezone are sure follow when they open. But whether or not this ...