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Chief economist update: Chinese dragon now a bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... market's reaction suggests that recent China's efforts at stemming the outflow of funds is not working. According to Bloomberg: "Investors have largely ignored government measures to support market sentiment, including a weekend reserve-ratio ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... India, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand so far this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg... Developing nations including Turkey, Indonesia, India and Argentina have raised rates, while Brazil's central bank has ...

Chief economist update: China's neo-great leap forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... gone by where Chinese regulators implemented trading halts, restrictions against stock sell orders and according to Bloomberg, "Individuals and day traders make up about 80% of the trading volume. Fueling the bubble and collapse in China's equities ...

Chief economist update: A US dollar story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
The times, they are a-changin'. After reaching a peak of 103.01 on the 23 December 2016, the Bloomberg US dollar index began its long descent before hitting a three-year low of 89.19 in February this year - a 13.4% depreciation. The US dollar has ...

Chief economist update: Talking trade tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... and of course, the bull-headed stance of the parties involved. But after the first day of talks, it's so far, so good. Bloomberg quotes Mark Calabria - chief economist to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence - saying: "What I heard from the first day, and ...

XTB launches ESG fixed income portfolio

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... disclosures of various metrics like total greenhouse gas emissions, water intensity per sales, and renewable energy use. Bloomberg ESG scores are used to remove unsuitable issuers to create the investible universe. XTB chief investment officer Ian Martin ...

Super fund awards $150 million fixed income mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... time regardless of the overall market's performance. Typically looking to provide yearly gross returns of 2-3% over the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index, in Sunsuper's case it will seek to achieve, before fees, an excess return of 1.75%. It will be ...

Digital broker partners for multi-asset trading

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... turnover of over $3.5billion has integrated a global multi-asset trading platform into its offering. OpenMarkets will use Bloomberg's execution management system (EMSX); allowing users to direct equity orders to OpenMarkets and receive live order feedback ...

New income trust plans to raise $350m

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... Gryphon's three-year-old Secured Opportunities account has returned 6.9% annualised which is 4.83% above the benchmark Bloomberg Ausbond Bank Bill Index, calculated at net of fees. Its Investment Grade Securitised targets superannuation funds. It has ...

Chief economist update: The art of the deal exemplified

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
... tariffs, there's now "grace" for America's allies. Download The Good Economics Guide: Making sense of key economic data As Bloomberg reports: "Trump agreed to exclude Canada and Mexico from the duties because of their status as key regional allies and ...