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EY issues ICO theft warning

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... risky and extremely speculative," the report said. The US originated the highest volume of ICOs of US$1bn, followed by Russia and China each raising US$300m; Australia raised about $34m. The research also found the ICO network is congested as traders ...

Un-Keynesian

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
It's a crying shame the alleged "collusion" between Trump's campaign and Russia came out when it did - about the same time as POTUS appears to be within grasps of tucking his first legislative win under his belt. Oh yes, this refers to the long-promised ...

Tracing super back to 1517

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... an embryonic defined contribution scheme. Making another historical comparison, McFarlane cited the inability of Tsarist Russia to anticipate the October Revolution, ultimately suggesting that "the age of all-accumulation in investment is over, and that ...

Australia ranks fifth for financial literacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
Australia's school education performance against global benchmarks in mathematics, reading and science may be falling but their financial literacy performance is strongly above average, ranking fifth from 15 countries. According to a statement released ...

100 days of Trump (and counting)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... continue normalising monetary policy since, despite heightened geopolitical and economic uncertainties - Syria, North Korea, Russia and French elections and Brexit. And more, the US central bank's even considering upside risks to its rosy projections ...

Trump versus Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... elections in November last year.) This is a remarkably surprising response especially given that the governments of China, Russia and South Korea and Japan are on high alert. Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun reports that China and Russia had "dispatched intelligence-gathering ...

Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... Fed sees "expansionary fiscal policies" as an upside risk. But there's also the downside risk... an escalation of war. Russia and Iran have recently issued statements promising to respond "with force" to any new acts of aggression on Syria by the US. ...

Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... services we were worried about in 2016 are all heading back into positive territory. You also have key emerging markets like Russia and Brazil coming out of rescissions," Craig said. In Europe, Craig predicts austerity will become "a phrase for the history ...

Russia and India sign investment partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... for Russian investment in Indian business. The fund is a partnership between the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia's sovereign wealth fund, and India's National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF). Both funds have contributed US$500 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... months remained positive in September, with the degree of business sentiment unchanged from August's four-month high". Russia inflation The Central Bank of Russia cited the continued slowdown in inflation and receding inflation expectations when it cut ...