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KKR names local real estate head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... also join the KKR Asia Real Estate Investment Committee. "KKR is one of the most respected real estate investors in the world and the flexible approach as a solution provider enhances our role as a partner of choice within real estate and the broader ...

Chief economist update: BOE not letting its guard down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
"At its meeting ending on 17 March 2021, the Committee judged that the existing stance of monetary policy remains appropriate. The MPC voted unanimously to maintain Bank Rate at 0.1%. The Committee voted unanimously for the Bank of England to maintain ...

Chief economist update: When 6%-plus growth is deemed too low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... March 2021 'Interim Economic Outlook' report pencilled in a 7.8% expansion this year. In January this year, the World Bank (WB) forecast China's GDP to grow by 7.9% in 2021 predicated on "the release of pent-up demand and a quicker-than-expected ...

Chief economist update: The do-nothing Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... projected... which things almost always never do. Case in point, in its December 19, 2019 dot plot - before China alerted the World Health Organisation (WHO) of coronavirus infections in Wuhan (on 31 December) - shows the Fed's median forecasts for ...

eToro combines with SPAC, plans to list

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... but also to communicate with each other; to see, follow, and automatically copy successful investors from all around the world," eToro chief executive Yoni Assia said. "We created a new category of wealth management - social investing - and we are dominating ...

Super for house deposits will push up prices: ASFA

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... prices will go up, as people's purchasing power increases. "Australia already has some of the most expensive housing in the world. With the prevailing macro-economic conditions and surging demand for housing, using super for housing deposits would be ...

Global net zero framework launched

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change has launched the Net Zero Investment Framework, providing institutional investors with a guide to implementing a net-zero investment strategy. Building on the IIGCC's existing body of work, the framework ...

REITs extend performance struggles

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... best performer for its sector, returning 15.2% p.a. over three years and 17.6% p.a. over one year. Capital Group's New World Fund delivered 12.5%, the second-best performing emerging market fund over three years.

Class chief financial officer exits

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... for customers and shareholders. "I am proud of the progress we are making to create a more simple, automated and connected world for our customers," Day said. "There are many great opportunities for growth ahead of Class, which I look forward to following ...

Chief economist update: OECD sees stronger growth ahead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... projected to be 5.6% this year, an upward revision of more than 1 percentage point from the December OECD Economic Outlook. World output is expected to reach pre-pandemic levels by mid-2021 but much will depend on the race between vaccines and emerging ...