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Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... it. According to Factset: "Tensions over Hong Kong escalated after US senators moved to introduce bill that sanctions Chinese party officials over the new security laws and penalise banks that do business with the entities (WSJ). Trump promised US would ...

March ASX200 volatility worse than GFC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... Lehman Brothers, Black Monday on 8 August 2011 which followed the credit rating downgrade of US sovereign debt, the US and Chinese flash market crashes of 24 August 2015 and news on Donald Trump's likely election victory on 9 November 2015. "Volatility ...

Chief economist update: Easing does it (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... are the headlines: Northeast China hit by coronavirus infections, Wuhan reports new case (Reuters) "BEIJING (Reuters) -- Chinese authorities reported on Sunday what could be the beginning of a new wave of coronavirus cases in northeast China, with one ...

Chinese tech giant buys 5% stake in Afterpay

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
A Chinese tech giant has bought a 5% stake in buy-now-pay-later provider Afterpay, after paying approximately $416 million for more than 13 million shares in the company. Tencent is an online entertainment, digital advertising, social media, fintech ...

Sargon buyers tap former PEXA chief as adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... After Sargon Capital had administrators appointed in late January upon defaulting on interest payments on its debt to a Chinese lender, it put eight subsidiaries that hold its operating businesses (such as Diversa Trustees) in voluntary administration ...

Fortescue seeks to hide pricing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... they have also always been widely circulated on social media. "The prices regularly appear on the Weibo platform, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, and on the WeChat app, a WhatsApp equivalent," Argus said. Argus chief executive, Adrian Binks, said ...

Madison sale slated for May completion

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... 2019 sold Diversa and CCSL Trustees business to Sargon Capital for $43 million and was owed $31 million when Sargon's Chinese lenders sent administrators to the company looking to recover their debts. Sargon Capital has since been put into liquidation. ...

VIC, TAS lead Australia: CommSec

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... and territory has navigated through the crisis and into an eventual recovery phase. "If we look ahead, recovery of the Chinese economy may boost prospects for resource economies like Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland," he said. "Also ...

The great fall of China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
Back in pre-coronavirus days, the thought that the Chinese economy would slow below the government's target of around 6.0% was enough to send chills down the spine of many investors and businesses. If memory serves me right, there were even forecasts ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... said. "Peak infection rates from the virus appear to have spiked earlier in China, and global investors who have seen Chinese equities outperforming those in US and global in recent months are more optimistic over the alpha opportunities that lie ahead ...