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Chief economist update: Caught in the crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
Isn't Australia part of the lucky group of countries (that include the EU, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea) US President Donald Trump, in all his benevolence, graciously granted exemptions (albeit, temporarily) from his protectionist ...

Chief economist update: The euro's doing Trump's work in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... took effect and before Trump granted a temporary exemption to EU, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea until May 1 - ECB President Mario Draghi said that while the central bank remains confident that inflation would eventually ...

Chief economist update: It's not just the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... temporary exemptions to the tariff increase granted by Trump to the EU, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea until 1 May this year gives him away. POTUS just wants a stronger bargaining position against his trade partners. It's ...

Chief economist update: As luck would have it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
Raised volatility on Wall Street, North Korea, American protectionism, stagnant wages growth and high household debt levels, rising electricity prices and still elevated property prices - and more recently, Barnaby Joyce - these are a few of (not my ...

BetaShares shareholder buys $13 billion fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
A significant shareholder in BetaShares has added a $13 billion ETF manager to its growing stable. Korea-based Mirae Asset Global Investments entered a $616 million definitive agreement to purchase 100% of fully diluted shares in New York-based ETF ...

Grant Thornton adds financial services partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... CSC, GE Capital, National Australia Bank, and Westpac. His experience covers a range of industries in Australia, USA, South Korea and New Zealand, in all areas of technology advisory, from IT strategy to digital transformation, application development ...

Institutional investors on the march in fixed income

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... while also facing lower capital charges than other risk assets. Invesco chief executive Greater China, Southeast Asia and Korea, Terry Pan said: "With improving market fundamentals and tightening monetary policies, the study revealed that fixed income ...

MetLife awards $11bn custody mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... will provide a suite of global and domestic custody services covering the US insurer's business in Australia, Hong Kong and Korea. "HSBC is delighted to extend its broader banking and custody relationship with MetLife in Asia. We are committed to providing ...

Global wealth manager champions embattled digital currencies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
One of the world's largest independent wealth management firms will introduce a cryptocurrency app, despite recent price slumps and having labelled it "a major gamble". deVere Group announced the launch of deVere Crypto which will allow users to store ...

Offshore investment vehicles await passport arrival

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... legislation read Australia would be able to export its management products to participating countries, which include Japan, Korea, New Zealand and Thailand with "limited additional regulatory requirements." As a subset of the framework, a company can ...