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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 ...

Chief economist update: New Fed chief, same policy direction (but more transparent)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
"Stocks, Treasuries Sink on Hawkish Powell Remarks: Markets Wrap" Bloomberg's headline just about sums up last night's activity on Wall Street that saw the S&P 500 index drop by 1.3%; the yield on 10-year Treasuries climb by three basis points to 2.89% ...

BetaShares expands in Queensland

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... BetaShares from MSCI, where he was vice president - client coverage. Calderwood previously worked at Morgan Stanley, CIBC, Bloomberg and ANZ. Bolstering its Victoria operations, BetaShares appointed Blair Modica as a local business development manager. ...