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Chief economist update: Easing does it (again)

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020

... late last year." South Korea's Early Coronavirus Wins Dim After Rash of New Cases (Wall Street Journal) "SEOUL -- South Korea, which largely succeeded in quelling the initial spread of the coronavirus, is back on the defensive, with Seoul's bars ...

The great fall of China

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 20 APR 2020

... numero uno export market on the ropes (buying 32.7% of our total exports as at 2019), the second - Japan (9%) - third - South Korea (5%) - fourth, fifth and down the line are also in line for contractions in their respective economies. While the Reserve ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY | THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020

... "We have historically seen shifts in the investment universe around every decade," he said. "In the 80s countries such as Korea and Japan had the greatest returns, in the 90s it was the US via the tech bubble, and in the 2000s it was China and Emerging ...

Chief economist update: BOK holds as infections ease

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020

... recorded on March 19 this year - reducing its 2020 year-to-date loss by more than half to -16.1% from -33.7%. Similarly, South Korea has more than recouped its 5.2% depreciation versus the US dollar, rebounding by 5.4% from the March 19 low. These, perhaps ...

Chief economist update: Credit ratings downgrades versus fiscal salvation

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020

... BOJ increased monetary largesse. This compares with 142,823 cases in China, 21,157 in Italy, 12,729 in Iran; 8162 in South Korea and even lower than the 1678 reported cases in the US... at the time. covidjapan.com data shows that as of April 6, 2020 ...

Mirae appoints wholesale distribution lead

KANIKA SOOD | THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020

... Australian properties, like the Sydney Four Seasons hotel, as a part of its global property portfolio that is managed out of Korea. In the last year, it started a private debt business in Australia managed out of Melbourne. "We are looking to develop ...

Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY | WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020

... Morningstar argued. "At this point Asia appears to be getting 'ahead of the pandemic curve,' with China and South Korea curtailing new COVID-19 infections, while confirmed cases continue to escalate exponentially in Europe and the US," it said. ...

Chief economist update: The crash we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020

Is this the stock market crash we have to have? The great reboot from the overvaluation in stock market prices prompted by cheap interest rates that punished savers and drove investors to go look where their capital could get higher returns? The global ...

EM debt relatively unscathed by virus: Research

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020

... past 24 hours, excluding the cases on the Diamond Princess cruise ship," they said. "Many of the cases on the rise in South Korea, Iran and Italy have no known connection to China." While the short-term effect is not as bad as originally expected, the ...

Pendal cuts fees on equities fund

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020

... subsidiary J O Hambro Capital Management and invests in EM stocks. Its biggest allocations were to China, India and South Korea, while the biggest stock positions were in Samsung Electronics (9.2% of the portfolio), Tencent (5.5%) and Naspers (3.9%) ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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