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Chief economist update: Europa rides the bull once again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... up 12% year-to-date -- and the VStoxx index dropped to a reading of 16.7 points - down 33% year-to-date - just as the European Central Bank (ECB) released the minutes of its 11 March of meeting detailing the Governing Council's concern over the regions' ...

Chief economist update: BOJ has no plans to ease easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... stable manner". This was as expected and in-line with unchanged policy decisions by its peers - the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England - in the same month. Besides, the BOJ was waxing optimistic over the outlook for the ...

Cboe acquires Chi-X

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... Tilly said. "This is an exciting investment in attractive, growing markets that will complement our North American and European operations and provide a foothold in the key Asia Pacific region, positioning us to become a truly global marketplace for ...

Perpetual's Garry Laurence starts boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... Standard, adding that owner-managed companies are a big focus for the strategy. Three stocks he is interested in are: European frozen food company Nomad Foods, which is listed in the US, Alibaba which Laurence sees as a growing company trading at a discount ...

Active funds quell passive flows

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... billion in new capital, compared to US$943 million to passive funds. This is in sharp contrast to Australia's UK, European and US peers, and some Asian countries. The Australian active fund management industry may have a more successful defence against ...

Fund manager COO resigns, chair named

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... chief executive Michael Wilde said Clark has played an instrumental role in Cromwell's growth and expansion into the European and Asian markets. "On behalf of everyone at Cromwell, I'd like to acknowledge and thank Jodie for her significant contribution ...

Chief economist update: Japan to double down on stimulus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... 1990-91 recession, the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the 2001 US recession, the 2007-2009 Great Recession, the 2010-2012 European sovereign debt crisis and lately, the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Sure, like most other economies Japanese growth has rebounded ...

Ardea launches fund to European investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
Ardea Investment Management has launched a UCITS-compliant version of its Ardea Real Outcome Fund for European investors, leveraging the services of Fidante Partners. The Ardea Global Alpha Fund invests in government bonds and related derivatives and ...

Chief economist update: ECB gives PEPP talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
It's not what the European Central Bank (ECB) did at its March governing council meeting - keeping monetary policy settings unchanged - but its PEPP (pandemic emergency purchase programme) talk that sent the Euro Stoxx-50 index on the up and up. ...

Westpac best for ESG reporting in Australia: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... of Europe to rank in the top 10 for ESG transparency globally. The banking giant was named fifth in the world, behind European companies Inditex, Santander, BASF and Intesa Sanpaolo. The only other non-European company to make the top 10 was Walgreens ...