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Hong Kong financial hub status at risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... mainland China and therefore should be treated the same. "Hong Kong does not continue to warrant treatment under United States laws in the same manner as US laws were applied to Hong Kong before July 1997," Pompeo said in a statement to US Congress. ...

Chief economist update: Easing restrictions narrow oil demand-supply equation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... countries, e.g. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE, lower May production is from record highs in April. Led by the United States and Canada, April supplies from countries outside of the deal were already 3 mb/d lower than at the start of the year. The ...

Chief economist update: Powell blamed for fall on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... For what Powell said in his speech at the Peterson Institute for International Economics are already what former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld would call "known knowns" and "known unknowns". "The scope and speed of this downturn ...

Investment manager launches income fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... abroad. "At Ares, a continued focus on capital preservation is paramount, and with local market presence in the United States and Europe, I believe Ares is well-positioned to capitalise on the convergence of the traditional and non-traditional credit ...

ANZ profits halve, dividend deferred

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... continue to lead the group's strategic use of data. Gray has previously worked for Woolworths and across the United States, Europe and Australia for Bain & Company. The appointment is effective May 1, reporting to group executive, digital and Australia ...

University of Sydney scores win at CFA competition

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... global champions, four other regional champions were announced for the challenge, including Seton Hall University (United States), Universidade de Sao Paulo (Brazil), BI Norwegian Business School (Norway) and University of Lausanne (Switzerland).

Calls for super funds, government to collaborate on energy security

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... minister Angus Taylor said the government will buy $94 million of crude oil, after oil prices tumbled on Monday and the United States also topped up its reserve. It will be initially stored in the United States for 10 years. Australia is heavily reliant ...

Aussie ETF investors got oil bets wrong before crash

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... were caught wrong footed on the direction of WTI futures. In the US, investors poured over US $1 billion into the United States Oil ETF (USO), Bloomberg reported. Oil prices' crash has made OOO the worst-performing ETF for all listed on the ASX. ...

Pension pots around the world during COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... funds lobby. Australia is not the only country to allow early access to retirement savings during COVID-19 - the United States and India have made similar allowances. The US is allowing people to withdraw from their retirement plans such as 401(k) plans ...

Chief economist update: Credit ratings downgrades versus fiscal salvation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... powers to control the population are restricted by the constitution, which was effectively imposed on Japan by the United States after World War II." And, according to The Guardian: "...stems in part from bitter memories of civil rights abuses during ...