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Australia among the richest nations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... located in North America, Western Europe, and among the richer parts of East Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East. China and Russia are the core members of the "intermediate wealth" group of countries with mean wealth in the range of US$25,000 and US$100,000. ...

Chief economist update: The pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... infectious and more deadly variants) and, away from the madding crowd... rising geo-political tensions - US versus China, Russia and Iran. It's also no secret that the S&P 500's valuation are stretched. Factset data shows it's now trading ...

Citi to exit consumer banking in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... entirely in a number of markets including Australia. China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and Bahrain's Citi consumer franchises will also be impacted. However, Citi will continue to serve ...

Australian banks among most fined

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
Australian banks have taken the inauspicious title of second most fined in the world for 2020, according to new data. The research from Finbold found that US banks had to pay the most in fines of anywhere in the world - with 12 fines against US banks ...

Chief economist update: China turns crisis into opportunity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... pharmaceutical industry has at least five vaccines from four producers being tested in more than a dozen countries including Russia, Egypt and Mexico. Health experts say even if they are successful, the certification process for the United States, Europe ...

Willis Towers Watson director departs for LIC

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... North America and portfolio management of Russell's GREITs funds. Prior to this, she worked in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia as an accounting intern and currency/inter-banking trader. Willis Towers Watson director of investments Australia Martin Goss ...

Chief economist update: The second oil price discounting wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Don't look now but it appears that it's not just COVID-19 seeing a second wave. Saudi Arabia is also taking a second bite on oil price discounting. Bloomberg reports that, Saudi Arabia's state producer, Saudi Aramco, has cut its key Arab ...

Chief economist update: Australia succumbs to pandemic-induced recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
It was good - so good - while it lasted. But as the saying goes, "nothing lasts forever". It had been more than a generation since Australia experienced "the recession we had to have" back in 1990/91. The Australian economy withstood the US savings ...

Emerging market debt rebounds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... to -3.0%. However, Eaton Vance said, for several countries, the outlook appears worse. India's GDP forecast is at -4.5%, Russia's -6.6%, Brazil's -9.1%, Mexico's 10.5% and South Africa's is -8.0%. "These countries, which typically grow at a decent rate ...

Chief economist update: Could COVID-19 dissenters be correct?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... want to live amongst the compliant, "there's plenty of countries that we'd be happy to ship him off to - China, Russia, Cuba, North Korea, just to name a few". No harm, no foul. China, Russia, Cuba, North Korea are heavens compared to one gentle ...