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Chief economist update: Red metal turning red hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
The latest GDP growth updates show that the world's major economies remain in contraction (in year-on-year terms) at the end of 2020 and despite the roll-out of vaccines, the COVID-19 pandemic (and now its variants) remain with us, triggering stop-and-go ...

To merge or not to merge?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... Stewart said. "I think we have a real maniacal focus on getting the benefits of scale; so that for us is getting the economies of scale. Complexity, quite frankly, is the enemy of scale."

Chief economist update: Light at the end of the Euro tunnel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... forecasts take all these on board, including surrendering to the inevitability of another recession, the "euro area economies are expected to contract in the first quarter of 2021". But there's a light at the end of this dark tunnel, "Economic growth ...

Schroders adjusts fund return targets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... its real return funds' targets as a result of low interest rates and bond yields and the impact of the pandemic on economies around the world. The Schroder Real Return CPI Plus 3.5%, Schroder Real Return CPI Plus 5% and Schroder Real Return Fund ...

Market rotation signals win for value: Maple-Brown Abbott

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... the market in recent years is that there has been an all-time high in the concentration of the top five stocks. With economies recovering and earnings improving, it's much more likely we'll see a broader participation of stocks performing in ...

Future Fund increases cash again

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... and beyond) remain above the target. Future Fund chief executive Raphael Arndt said the remarkable changes in policy, economies and markets is changing the investment landscape. "The negative returns of the first half have been more than reversed and ...

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... expectations of a vaccine-powered strengthening of activity later in the year and additional policy support in a few large economies... which outweigh the drag on near-term momentum due to rising infections". "The upgrade is particularly large for the ...

Vanguard growth ETFs shine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... "exceptional" month for equities, namely because of several vaccines being rolled out in the hope that they can normalise global economies. In the same month, the S&P/ASX200 returned 10.2% and the MSCI All Countries Index registered 7.5%. The S&P500 ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone at risk of double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... national lockdowns. This is underscored by FactSet's report on 17 October 2020: "Mitigation measures from major EU economies largely focused on limiting social mixing and toughening existing restrictions. France, which has become the new hotspot ...

Chief economist update: Yuan the victim of China's success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... draconian measures to control the coronavirus outbreak have prevented the economy from suffering a recession that most other economies did or are still under. After contracting by 6.8% in the year to the March 2020 quarter, China's GDP expanded by ...