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China still positive despite unrest

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... or is it a sign for retreat? Damien Buchet, chief investment officer at Finisterre Capital believes despite the unrest in China there are signs of growth stabilisation coming from EM. "Against a broad US economic momentum slowdown, and question marks ...

Chief economist update: Cloudy 2020 vision for OECD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... investment policy restrictions, continued uncertainty about Brexit, a failure of policy stimulus to prevent a sharper slowdown in China, and financial vulnerabilities from the tensions between slowing growth, high corporate debt and deteriorating credit ...

Chief economist update: Good news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas has come early... and Thanksgiving too. Wall Street benchmark equity indices rallied at the close of trading last week: The S&P 500 added 1.0% to a new all-time high; the Nasdaq closed 1.1% up but not ...

Recognition for industry leader in fight against slavery

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
... Slavery Act came into effect in Australia at the start of the year. Carlsson-Sweeny's work has seen him visit factories in China, Cambodia and Bangladesh to thoroughly research risks of slavery in company supply chains. He developed a statement on modern ...

IMF predicts bleak Australian outlook

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
... reliance on China and the United States being a major cause for concern as the fund warns that with "a projected slowdown in China and the United States, and prominent downside risks, a much more subdued pace of global activity could well materialise." ...

QIC launches China bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... billion Queensland-based asset management giant has received official approval for its partnered fund that will invest in China corporate bonds. The US$50 million QIC Ping An China Corporate Bond Fund is a partnership between QIC and China's Ping ...

CFS awards Asian equities mandate

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... most attractive investments in this exciting growth region. CFS's mandate leverages Robeco's local resources in China and India, and offers a high-conviction, high-alpha portfolio of around 30-60 stocks," he said. The mandate will be managed ...

Short-seller targets infant formula importer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... Kabrita. Blue Orca research discovered discrepancies between the way Kabrita is marketed in Europe and the US compared to in China. "Kabrita falsely claims in its leading Chinese e-commerce stores that the lactose in its goat milk infant formula comes ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... contraction in Germany's economy and increased political uncertainty in Italy. And then, there's the sharp slowdown in China, where latest activity indicators came in weaker than market expectations - industrial production slowed to 4.8% in the ...

Fintech off to slow start in 2019: KPMG

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... to the report. Still, less mature areas of fintech, including microfinance and consumer finance, are growing rapidly in China, and major strides were made in Hong Kong with the issuance of eight virtual banking licenses. KPMG said the next 12 to 24 months ...