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Chief economist update: Wall Street sneezes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
It may have started in China and is infecting its way around the planet but the coronavirus hadn't had much impact on equity markets until it hit investor sentiment on Wall Street. Five straight down days have taken returns on the S&P 500 index ...

EM debt relatively unscathed by virus: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... likely grow if the severity of the pandemic increases, and more uncertainty is priced into the market," the EM team said. "In China, sentiment has changed, and reactions have been more geared toward restarting the economy to try and avoid mass unemployment." ...

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... spread. The latest World Health Organisation (WHO) data show that there are now 79,331 confirmed cases of infections (97.4% in China) across 29 countries with 2595 dead. You call that a virus? Flu is a virus. According to Medscape: "The World Health ...

Stability needed: Maroney

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... long-term project to rebuild communities and lives," Maroney said. "Meanwhile, a virus that originated in an inland city in China is now having a global impact." This precarious start to 2020 after "a relatively positive 2019", Maroney said, shows why ...

The sick short: Banking big on the coronavirus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... there is opportunity. IG market analyst Kyle Rodda told Financial Standard that he had seen an increase in short interest in China-focused companies. "This virus and the way it has affected China and China's economy has disrupted the whole notion ...

Global index creates new ESG role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... increasingly dynamic market." The news comes after FTSE Russell recently expanded its sustainable investment analysis in China and Japan, with around 800 China A securities now included in sustainable investment analysis.

Analyst views on ESG swing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... said most companies are stepping up ESG efforts. While ESG practices are well established in Europe, 80% of analysts in China reported an increase in ESG emphasis at some or all of their companies in 2020. In 2019 only 63% saw that emphasis and in 2018 ...

Coronavirus to infect Q2: Capital Group

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... that point. So I'm a little more negative than the market right now," Green said. Negative, too, on economic growth in China. "People were getting happier about China's economy this year based on the look of the stimulus, the end of the trade ...

CalPERS investment lead targeted by Congressman

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... https://t.co/SGBWDfnBQS - Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) February 12, 2020 In a follow-up tweet, Banks said Meng was recruited to work in China through the Thousand Talents Program, which he claimed had been described by the Federal Bureau of Investigation ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 could hit Australia with triple whammy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... become enmeshed in supply chains of mind-boggling complexity. A factory in Wuhan may provide parts to a firm elsewhere in China, which in turn supplies a factory in Stuttgart, with the final product emerging in Michigan." The fall-out is underscored ...