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Glitch hits ASX-listed managed funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
About 16 ASX-listed managed funds using internal market making were affected by a glitch in calculating their iNAV yesterday, Financial Standard understands. Issuers affected include Platinum Asset Management and Schroders. Quoted managed funds are ...

Chief economist update: Thrilla in Osaka

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
Financial markets action over the past few days leading up to the June G20 meeting in Osaka - where the main game is between the trade talks between the two biggest economies in the world, the United States and the People's Republic of China - suggests ...

Chief economist update: Fed plans for Trump contingency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
The Fed's decision to maintain current policy settings at the conclusion of last night's FOMC meeting doesn't make for much except for self-congratulations and back-patting. What matters more is the forward guidance implicit in the FOMC ...

Chief economist update: Cash is King

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
Maybe not at this month's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting but consensus expect the US Federal Reserve to serve Christmas in July with a 25 basis point reduction in the fed funds rate from 2.25%-2.5% to 2%-2.25%. The CME FedWatch Tool ...

Chief economist update: Oil market slides from bull to bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
Crude oil prices have dropped, turning this year's bull market into a bear market. Oil prices rallied nearly 50% from January to April this year on the back of the Fed's pause; China's stimulus measures and expectations of continued easy ...

Chief economist update: The Fed pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
You couldn't miss it even if you tried; the S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq Composite Index surpassed their former peaks overnight. And the Dow is not far behind - it's off a mere 0.6% away from its all-time high. Yes Virginia, you can be forgiven ...

Chief economist update: Equity market rally has legs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
Equity markets everywhere may not be climbing in a straight line, but they are climbing. This is happening against a backdrop of continued global economic and financial uncertainties. In its 'World Economic Outlook, April 2019' report - where ...

Chief economist update: A question of when?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
Could it be? Could it be that Dallas Fred President Robert Kaplan has been reading my daily rants? That would be too presumptuous of moi but Factset's report that "Dallas Fed President Kaplan (nonvoter) told the WSJ the recent yield-curve inversion ...

Finance sector hiring outlook weakens

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
The financial services, insurance and real estate industries have suffered two consecutive quarters of hiring intentions decline. The overall outlook for the sector is well below the six-year high achieved at the end of 2018, a new report from ManpowerGroup ...

Chief economist update: Woe to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
You've been warned. It was only exactly one week ago when I discussed the VIX and MOVE indices - the fear gauge for the stock and bond markets, respectively - and how they've been sharply coming down since the Fed announced its pause very in ...