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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 ...

ESG crisis returns overcooked: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... Global Sustainable Fund Flows report examined 3432 sustainable open-end funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) across the globe in the second quarter of 2020, and found that sustainable funds outperformed following the March market sell-off. Assets in ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... wave of infections. Still, the re-imposition of social and business restrictions that's again making its way around the globe could prolong the current global recession, wherein which, an improvement in one country/continent is negated by renewed ...