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Chief economist update: Yuan the victim of China's success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... its exchange rate for competitive purposes". That was before the COVID-19 pandemic. Compared with other nations around the globe, the Politburo's swift, decisive and draconian measures to control the coronavirus outbreak have prevented the economy ...

Integrity Life partners for group insurance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... organisations in Australia with an overseas presence, allowing insurance arrangements to be pooled by each organisation across the globe, providing cost savings and flexible bespoke solutions for Australian companies' staff insurance needs." Insurope ...

US analysts fail to add value

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... that US analysts fail to outperform on average. The research paper, titled Analyst Recommendations and Anomalies Across the Globe by Victor Azvevedo and Sebastian Muller found evidence that analyst recommendations in the US are not positively associated ...

Chief economist update: A vaccine and a better vaccine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... after dropping to a four-year low of 18,213.65 points back in March (as economic activity froze in most nations around the globe), the Dow is now just a whisker away from 30K points - it closed at 29,950.44 points last night for a whopping 64.4% surge ...

Chief economist update: Get shorty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... CNY7.1542/US$ recorded in late May. Investors are flocking to China for good reasons. While many other nations around the globe continue to battle the coronavirus pandemic - first wave or second - through social restrictions and lockdowns, China has ...

Chief economist update: Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... during August, the highest number since February". Yes Virginia, the re-opening and easing of restrictions in much of the globe, along with fiscal and monetary support, has helped. However, the fat lady hasn't sung yet. Europe is now on the brink ...

Investors seek to increase EM exposure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... 12 months, a bigger shift will take place over the longer term. According to the survey, investors in APAC and across the globe are more optimistic about the outlook for EM in the long-term rather than short-term. It found 57% of respondents in APAC ...

Former IFM executive joins KKR

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... Asia Pacific, managing key partnerships for the organisation. Prior to joining IFM Investors, Hyde held roles across the globe at Deutsche Bank, HSBC Markets, Citigroup Global Markets and J.P. Morgan Securities. He was also managing director at Wellington ...

Robinhood effect steers share market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... of the next boom" as evidenced in unprecedented stimulus from governments and money supplied by central banks across the globe. What puts it at risk, she warned, is if the money supply contracted or was pulled away. Then there is the influx of amateur ...

ASIC grants frozen fund relief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... schemes freeze redemptions for fear of undermining their fund. As at June, at least US$62 billion of mutual funds across the globe had suspended redemptions since the beginning of the year, according to Fitch Ratings. In response, ASIC has granted new ...