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Frontier warns super fund clients of recession

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... than some others like QIC (less than -1% for both short-term and extended COVID-19 impact), OECD, Capital Economics and Oxford, but in line with another study published by Warwick McKibbin and Roshen Fernando. "The main message is that there is a degree ...

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... forecast by 0.1 ppt to 3.2% -- led by a reduction in China's GDP growth from 6.0% to 5.6%. You call that a downgrade? Oxford Economics' latest analysis is a downgrade. Oxford sees world GDP growth falling to "nearly zero" in the first half of ...

Chief economist update: A tariff for a tariff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... Suddenly, the IMF's forecast for a second half lift in global growth is at risk and worse. According to Gregory Daco - Oxford Economics' chief US economist: Imposing tariffs on all U.S.-China trade would reduce global gross domestic product by ...

Quant manager seeks to unscramble cryptocurrency dictionary

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... supporting research that aims to determine whether cryptocurrency prices are predictable. Using natural language processing, the Oxford-Man Institute research is attempting to identify tradeable signals in cryptocurrencies based on public communication ...

Top industry fund bets on DNA sequencing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... investment giants backing a UK-based DNA sequencer, placing $27.5 million in the technology company behind the product. Oxford Nanopore Technologies says it makes the world's only handheld DNA/RNA sequencing devices. Other major investors in the $140 ...

America is full

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... (non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment) should have been exerting upward pressure on wages and by extension, inflation. Oxford Economics estimate the US NAIRU at 4.3%, the OECD has it at 4.9% and closer the home, the Federal Reserve Bank of ...

Financial literacy the bridge for income protection gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... from a recent study by Zurich in partnership with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford. It looks at how industry participants can work together to close the underinsurance gap and safeguard financial security. ...

Suitability: more than risk profiling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
... assessments when determining suitable investments for clients must think again, according to risk profiling specialists Oxford Risk. While risk tolerance tools are a great first step, more mind must be paid to how investments complement the client's ...

The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... America's jobless rate has broken below the NAIRU (non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment) as measured by both Oxford Economics (4.5%) the OECD (4.9%). But instead of lifting, US core CPI inflation eased to 1.7% in May from 2.3% in January (unemployment ...

Human rights considerations are good for investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... future." In a meta-study of more than 200 academic studies, industry reports, newspaper articles, and books, the University of Oxford and Arabesque Management showed 88% of research found that solid ESG practices result in better operational performances ...