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EFM appoints EQT on Aussie launch

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... to 50 securities and is aimed at long-term investors seeking capital growth from unhedged investments in global equity markets. The fund's strategy is based on a fundamental bottom-up research approach, combined with fundamental qualitative and quantitative ...

Chief economist update: Be afraid of inflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... Bullard's recent virtual presentation provided a timely venue for the Fed to push back on inflation fears that drove equity markets down a day before. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' said: "Bullard noted that market-based inflation expectations ...

Chief economist update: Inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... itself, fulfil the Fed's prophecy of later-than-sooner tightening. This is because persistent losses in the equity markets would erode the "wealth effect", the rise in bond yields would make credit more expensive and the higher US dollar would reduce ...

Equities revenue boost for US banks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... growth. The investment bank reported US$3.69 billion in equities revenue, reflecting year on year growth of 68%. "Equity markets have been a source of strength for banks throughout the crisis. Trading revenues have persistently improved, as we see record ...

Chief economist update: No fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... (from 845K in January), the number of daily new cases have been rising since, and to-date have reached 787,000. Yet equity markets continue to rally, some to record highs, led by the jump in the S&P 500 index to an all-time peak of 4,129.5 points. What's ...

New hybrids ETF on Chi-X

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... been a popular choice for many investors over the last decade, producing returns that have been slightly less than equity markets, with much lower risk. Current margins of around 3% above the cash rate compare favourably with the post-2010 average margin ...

Chief economist update: Hot flashes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
Expansion in private sector activity with a dash of inflation. This is the overriding conclusion that could be derived from the flash estimates of the IHS Markit Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) surveys conducted for the US, the Eurozone, the UK ...

Chief economist update: Fed fights back bond bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... it's the rise and rise in US bond yields spooked by rising inflation expectations that, in turn, have sent equity markets into a tailspin. It's a logical reaction. Higher interest rates lead to higher borrowing costs - for governments, companies ...

Chief economist update: The cloud over the rainbow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... happened thereafter Virginia. The Fed didn't push through with its taper - after the bond market protested and the equity markets dropped. It didn't happen overnight, but it happened once more in 2019. After lifting the fed funds rate four times in 2018 ...

Chief economist update: Amber alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... US Treasury bond yields - up to a one-year high of 1.31% -- serves as a yellow light -- an amber alert -- to the equity markets. But so far, investors appear to be heeding the quote from the 1984 hit movie Starman. "Red light stop, green light go, yellow ...