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Chief economist update: Don't buy now, Australian property will be cheaper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... the deterioration in international trade, driven by Trump's war on trade and what was then, the incipient slowdown in China and global economic growth. They're now becoming full-bloom. Note that Australian property prices weren't in meltdown ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... world's major economies, led by the Fed's on-going move towards policy normalisation. Then "Tariff Trump" happened, China slowed, Japan lurched a quarter away from recession, Eurozone's economic activity lost momentum underscored by the contraction ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... investors in the fixed income ETF space, it's a time of reckoning in the age of passive investing. What's New: Eyes on China Commencing 1 April 2019, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index, will for the first time, include Chinese bonds. ...

Westpac names independent director

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... HSBC, Fung held a number of roles at Standard Chartered Bank. She is currently a non-executive director of China Construction Bank Corporation, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Hang Lung Properties and the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation. Fung is also ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... followed by a 25% tariff on US$34 billion worth of Chinese shipments to the US (and another US$200 billion of imports from China to be taxed soon). Not surprisingly, China retaliated in equal measures. These are just the headlined reports of the on-going ...

Top industry fund bets on DNA sequencing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... only handheld DNA/RNA sequencing devices. Other major investors in the $140 million fundraising include China Construction Bank and Singapore's GIC. Hostplus' $27.5 million investment is part of a co-investment through the IP Group Hostplus Innovation ...

Cloudy skies in the land of the rising sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... help provide support, much also depends on growth in the economies of our major export markets. While concerns remain for China - which accounts for roughly 34% of Australia's total exports - its economy should grow in line with the Politburo's 6.5% ...

TCorp appoints ex-Willis Towers Watson executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... effective immediately. Mao originally joined the firm's Shanghai-based business in 2006 as head of investment services, China, before relocating to Sydney in August 2015 to co-lead the current team. He has also previously been an assistant vice president ...

Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... Developments in global demand and prices for iron ore and coal will be critical, particularly demand for these commodities in China." But apart from wishing and hoping and praying that China's economy continues growing, this is beyond Australia's control. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... change increased by 3.0 points to 70.0 while those anticipating things to worsen declined by 1.9 points to a reading of 12.3. China economic data beats There's good news coming out of China with the latest flood of economic data all beating market expectations. ...