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100 days of Trump (and counting)

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017

... continue normalising monetary policy since, despite heightened geopolitical and economic uncertainties - Syria, North Korea, Russia and French elections and Brexit. And more, the US central bank's even considering upside risks to its rosy projections ...

Trump versus Kim

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017

... elections in November last year.) This is a remarkably surprising response especially given that the governments of China, Russia and South Korea and Japan are on high alert. Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun reports that China and Russia had "dispatched intelligence-gathering ...

Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 10 APR 2017

... Fed sees "expansionary fiscal policies" as an upside risk. But there's also the downside risk... an escalation of war. Russia and Iran have recently issued statements promising to respond "with force" to any new acts of aggression on Syria by the US. ...

Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT | WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017

... services we were worried about in 2016 are all heading back into positive territory. You also have key emerging markets like Russia and Brazil coming out of rescissions," Craig said. In Europe, Craig predicts austerity will become "a phrase for the history ...

Russia and India sign investment partnership

ALEX BURKE | TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016

... for Russian investment in Indian business. The fund is a partnership between the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia's sovereign wealth fund, and India's National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF). Both funds have contributed US$500 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016

... months remained positive in September, with the degree of business sentiment unchanged from August's four-month high". Russia inflation The Central Bank of Russia cited the continued slowdown in inflation and receding inflation expectations when it cut ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016

... output rose by 3.1% in July after a 0.6% gain in the previous month. Russian retail sales Despite the sharp improvement in Russia's labour market - the unemployment rate fell to an 11-month low of 5.2% in August from 5.3% in the previous month and this ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016

... Fed lifted interest rates back in December last year when the index was at -0.30 in November 2015 and -0.22 in December. Russia GDP Russia's economy continued to contract in the second quarter but the rate of decline has slowed. The country's GDP declined ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016

... declined as a share of GDP in 11 of the G20 economies since the GFC with the biggest cutbacks in the European Union, the US, Russia, and Mexico. Canada, Turkey, and South Africa have meanwhile increased investment. McKinsey and Company said if the current ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016

... trillion GDP is in thirteenth place with a 1.6% share sitting between the twelfth place Spain and the fourteenth placed Russia. Hot on Australia's heels however is Indonesia which is currently in sixteenth place with a GDP of A$1.2 billion but which ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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