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Australia most active region in Q2: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... were $3.9 billion. The funds with the largest flows for the quarter were BlackRock Market Advantage (Risk Parity), Amundi Italian Global Balanced Strategy and M&G Lux Dynamic Allocation.

Chief economist update: Lock us down Scotty!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... than spending an ever growing amount of money tyring to mitigate the growing number of infections. Latest reports tell of Italian healthcare workers now contracting the virus, add to that the dwindling number of medical supplies and equipment - due to ...

UniSuper suspends stock lending

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... their stock," he said. On Friday, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority temporarily prohibited short selling of certain Italian stocks in a bid to calm the market after Milan's stock market fell 17%. The stocks included Ferrari, Juventus and Lazio ...

Chief economist update: The cure for Italy's tourism problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... getting everything that it wished for courtesy of one microscopic organism. Long before the COVID-19 epidemic spread, the Italian government implemented new rules and regulations in an attempt to reduce over tourism including; prohibiting sitting on ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... fell 11.17%. It comes as Britain announced its fourth death from the coronavirus, with 319 confirmed cases. While the Italian government has placed the entire country on lockdown as its confirmed coronavirus deaths rose to 463, with more than 9172 confirmed ...

Chief economist update: Coronaphobia sickens Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... these two words - irrational and fear - would be, in a manner of speaking, the death of us all. This fear has prompted the Italian government to lock down the entire Lombardy region, along with at least 15 neighbouring provinces, including Milan. This ...

Bonds raise alarm at fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... bonds issued by companies related to billionaire Lars Windhorst through his holding company Tennor Holding, including Italian lingerie maker La Perla, oil field operator Trent Petroleum Finance and French film distribution company. These bonds were highly ...

Chief economist update: La vita is no longer e bella

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... their economy - the third biggest in the Eurozone - is officially in a technical recession. La vita is no longer e bella! Italian GDP contracted by 0.2% in the December 2018 after shrinking by 0.1% in the previous three-month period. To be sure, economists ...

Chief economist update: Fed fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... "International developments." China and the Eurozone are slowing, Japan and Germany are a quarter away from a technical recession, Italian budget deficit concerns, Brexit concerns, and the shrinking of global trade (because of tariff Trump), among others. ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... quarter away from recession, Eurozone's economic activity lost momentum underscored by the contraction in German and Italian GDP in the third quarter - replaced by increased activity with regards to Italy's budget and the riots in France (that ...