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Shareholder activism on the rise

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... the year 2020 pushes owners to be an 'activist'." The largest activist targets for 2019 were AT&T (US) and SAP (Germany), both who faced off with one of the world's largest activist funds, Elliott Management. The research also found that ...

China still positive despite unrest

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... stabilisation coming from EM. "Against a broad US economic momentum slowdown, and question marks over Northern Europe including in Germany, EM and Chinese indicators have been stabilising. This may project a diminishing growth gap between emerging and ...

Deutsche Bank offloads $76b in assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
Deutsche Bank has offloaded $76 billion in assets to Goldman Sachs as part of the lender's restructuring plan. Germany's biggest bank has been undergoing a major restructuring as it struggles to compete in tough market conditions. The assets were tied ...

Hong Kong drops LSE bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... this proposal." Under UK rules, the HKEX is not allowed to make another bid for at least six months. The HKEX now joins Germany's Deutsche Boerse, which has made three failed attempts to purchase the LSE.

Chief economist update: Time for a Keynes comeback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
"Help, I need somebody... Help me if you can, I'm feeling down... Help me get my feet back on the ground Won't you please, please help me." -- The Beatles Most major world central banks have already cut interest rates (more than once) and/or ...

Chief economist update: Whatever it takes, however long it takes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... that Mario would do "whatever it takes" despite the growing chorus of dissent from central bank heads and officials from Germany, Austria and the Netherlands against a big stimulus package, Draghi over-delivered. "First, as regards the key ECB interest ...

Surprise $56 billion bid for London Stock Exchange

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing has proposed a $56 billion takeover of the London Stock Exchange. In a statement, HKEX said: "The board believes a proposed combination with LSEG represents a highly compelling strategic opportunity to create a global ...

Chief economist update: Germany in the budget's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... (QE)... at a time when economic activity is again losing momentum and fears that another recession is nigh is mounting. In Germany - Europe and the Eurozone's largest economy - another recession is just one quarter away. German GDP growth contracted ...

Chief economist update: Economy slows to decade low but still tops the pops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... correctamondo! Australia's June quarter growth of 0.5% tops those of the G7 countries: Canada (0.9%); (France (0.3%); Germany (-0.1%); Italy (0%); Japan (0.4%); UK (--0.2%); and level pegging with the US (0.5% -- annualised quarterly growth rate ...

Chief economist update: The fear of Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... fear of death" - that makes Brexit fearsome. Sure, UK GDP has contracted by 0.2% in the June 2019 quarter, but so has Germany (-0.1%) - the EU's biggest economy - and Italy's - the third biggest economy -- has stalled. The Eurozone's GDP ...