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Chief economist update: Fed fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
We might just be heading to witness once again the truth about the old adage on Wall Street that "a bull market doesn't die of old age, the Fed murders it." As expected, the US Federal Reserve raised the fed funds rate by 25 basis points to 2.25%-2.5% ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
We got chills, they're multiplying... How could something so good turn out to be so bad? It was all very good just as 2017 was turning into 2018... so good, that financial markets were pencilling in exit strategies from the world's major economies ...

Chief economist update: Where are the BOJ exit speculators now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
In the early months of this year, financial markets were abuzz with speculations that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would follow the Fed's lead and start implementing an exit strategy. Speculations started to gain prominence as early as January when the ...

Chief economist update: The money is one Fed rate hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
The tug-o-war between the bulls and the bears continues on Wall Street as 2018 draws to a close. Whether this state of affairs - or better yet, resolved one way of another (up or down) - depends primarily on the end game of the on-going trade stoush ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
More investors are turning to fixed income ETFs as a way to finetune their bond portfolios. Karren Vergara finds out what is driving the demand and why this new wave of defensive ETFs is here to stay. Recalling the sharp market correction that stung ...

Macquarie, CFS top Aussie fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
Macquarie Group slipped down the ranks of the world's top fund managers, while Colonial First State gained momentum, a Willis Towers Watson compilation shows. Despite increasing its assets under management to US$369 billion, Macquarie Group slid from ...

Chief economist update: BOJ on a steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) starts its two-day monetary policy meeting today and it's not about to give financial markets a Halloween spook when it announces the policy board's decision tomorrow. Monetary policy settings will remain unchanged - ...

BlackRock strengthens real assets team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
BlackRock has appointed a Sydney-based managing director to lead its renewable energy investments in Asia Pacific as it eyes new opportunities in the region. Charlie Reid is relocating from London for the role and will be responsible for sourcing, executing ...

The top-performing ETFs in September are...

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
An ASX-listed ETF that tracks palladium metal delivered the best returns in September, while ETFs tracking small caps took a beating. ETF Securities' Physical Palladium ETF (ETPMPD) returned close to 12% in September as the silvery-white metal's ...

SSGA strengthens gender equality actions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
State Street Global Advisors will vote against the entire slate of board members on a nominating committee if a company does not have at least one woman on its board. SSGA said the enhancement to its board gender diversity voting guidelines would begin ...