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Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Wall Street has fallen! Repeat, Wall Street has fallen! The financial headlines made sure that you, I and Irene are spooked even before Halloween - with accompanying rationales at that. Wall Street plunges as investors seek safety - Sky News Sudden ...

Chief economist update: A new currency is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... jump in prices look very tame. Still, both inflation rates are nothing compared with the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) forecast that inflation could reach 1 million percent this year. The erosion of consumer purchasing power has largely contributed ...

IMF Bentham eyes potential Facebook, Cambridge Analytica goldmine

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
IMF Bentham will potentially fund a class action against Facebook, having already invested in a complaint against the social media giant in response to the now-infamous Cambridge Analytica scandal. IMF Bentham is funding a new representative complaint ...

Chief economist update: "Quitaly"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... as Factset put it succinctly: "Italian president Matterella rejected populist finance minister choice and called on former IMF official Cottarelli to lead a technocrat government. However, unlikely to win vote of confidence, setting stage for snap election ...

AMP hit with another proposed class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... McDonald and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart and Sullivan. The former filed proceedings against AMP in the Federal Court. Backed by IMF Bentham, it is representing those who purchased shares between 6 May 2013 and 13 April 2018. The latter filed in the NSW Supreme ...

AMP to fight class actions, prioritise performance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... only days after three directors stepped down amid shareholder discontent. Backed unconditionally by global litigation funders IMF Bentham, Phi Finney McDonald has filed proceedings against AMP in the Federal Court. The firm is representing shareholders ...

AMP becomes class action target

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
IMF Bentham is the latest firm to finance proposed class action proceedings against AMP in light of evidence at the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. The litigation funding group said it ...

Chief economist update: The risks just got real

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... there's certain retaliation from trading partners. You can forget the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) rosy, glowing global growth forecasts too for the risks to their projections just became real. The World Bank's "Global ...

Chief economist update: No stealth tapering, no exit strategy...yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... cheaper yen anyway? Not with the BOJ's for continued moderate growth in overseas economies - one that's backed by the latest IMF World Economic Outlook report predicting world output to quicken to 3.9% this year and the next from 3.7% in 2017. The same ...

Chief economist update: The good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... what's good for China is good for Australia. But if the big institutional forecasters are correct, that'll be the peak. The IMF forecast Chinese GDP growth to slow to 6.5% this year (October 2017 World Economic Outlook report). The more up-to-date growth ...