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Chief economist update: China's slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... the stockmarket. The Chinese yuan has lost 6.1% of its value against the US dollar this year to date and its foreign exchange reserves have dwindled by 2.4% over the same period. The Shanghai composite index is now in a bear market, down 22.9% since ...

Pension fund names new investments lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... appointed Yu Ben Meng to the role, replacing Ted Eliopoulos. Meng joins from the US' State Administration of Foreign Exchange where he served as deputy chief investment officer for three years. He has worked for CalPERS previously, serving seven years ...

State Street appoints APAC global markets lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... Hardeman moves into the role effective immediately, relocating to Hong Kong from Boston where she served as head of foreign exchange sales for State Street Global Markets. State Street said Hardeman would lead the strategic direction, sales, service ...

Parametric expands alternative risk premia offering

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... features designed to avoid over-complication and reduce the impact of real-world portfolio costs like brokerage, foreign exchange commissions and taxes." Parametric has $310 billion in assets under management globally. Its Australian division is a majority-owned ...

Citi launches currency product, targets HNW investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... investment clients take advantage of currency changes. In April 2018, we saw a 50% increase in the number of foreign exchange transactions on the previous year with the pickup in volatility," he said. Citi provided examples of how the Global Currency ...

Norway dominates sovereign wealth funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... assets. Kuwait Investment Authority (US$524bn), Hong Kong Monetary Authority (US$513bn) and State Administration of Foreign Exchange (US$441bn) completed the top five. Preqin said the pace of growth in sovereign wealth fund assets slowed considerably ...

Chief economist update: Can't get enough of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... has forgotten that "other war", the Department of the Treasury released its report entitled "Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States." Yes, the currency war manifesto. "This report, by monitoring where ...

Chief economist update: The euro's doing Trump's work in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... effects, which would weigh on business investment in particular. "The second risk relates to developments in foreign exchange markets and wider financial markets. "The euro has appreciated since the beginning of last year, and according to our analysis ...

Latest investment scam targets Jersey residents

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... representatives of Focus on Market have been approaching Islanders offering services in relation to shares, stocks and foreign exchange transactions. Focus on Market is not regulated in Jersey or Australia; a search of the ASIC business register shows ...

Chief economist update: Euro's uptrend is a downtrend risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... Draghi explained: "...downside risks continue to relate primarily to global factors, including developments in foreign exchange markets". Draghi still has to fight the currency war. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. ...