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Chief economist update: A tariff for a tariff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... items from current 10% 20% tariffs on 1,078 items from current 10% 10% tariffs on 974 items from current 5% US equity markets dropped. The S&P 500 index and the Dow closed 2.4% lower with the Nasdaq diving by 3.4% overnight. Ten-year US Treasury bond ...

Chief economist update: Countdown to T-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... holding their collective breaths as Chinese and American negotiators try and work out a last-minute deal. While equity markets are hoping for the best - a deal struck at the 11th hour whether lasting or another kick of the tariff can a month or two away ...

Chief economist update: The tweet that reignited the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... spiked. The CBOE VIX index jumped by as much as 46.1% before closing 20.0% higher on the day. There was blood in the equity markets with most benchmark indices closing in the red, led by a 5.8% drop in China's CSE 300 index with all others in-between ...

Future Fund crosses $150 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... decade-long performance to 10.4% - 3.9% better than its set target. "The last quarter showed strong returns in public equity markets, no doubt influenced by the US Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates and easing US-China trade tensions," ...

Boutique fund manager launches LIT

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... alternative investment strategies and risk-adjusted absolute returns over five years or more with limited correlation to equity markets. RF1 is offering a maximum 200 million units at the subscription price of $2.50 per unit. Regal staff and its associated ...

Chief economist update: Equity market rally has legs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
Equity markets everywhere may not be climbing in a straight line, but they are climbing. This is happening against a backdrop of continued global economic and financial uncertainties. In its 'World Economic Outlook, April 2019' report - where ...

Chief economist update: Be fearful when indicators show no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
Uh-OMG-oh! Long-time and loyal readers would have probably noticed my change in tune over the past few weeks - from a mini-me Dr. Doom to a prophet of boom - based on the rationale that the world's major central banks have toned down and/or reversed ...

Mixed year for local market neutral funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... harder to short. Secondly, last year's volatility did not favor many active managers. "While volatility returned to equity markets, low levels of dispersion across individual stocks resulted in an unproductive environment for active managers," Nguyen ...

Chief economist update: US economic growth is slowing and accelerating

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... quarter of acceleration since the 1.3% growth rate recorded in the June 2016 quarter. Wall Street's reaction: equity markets dipped, the US dollar index advanced and the yield on US Treasuries rose. Such financial market configuration suggests that ...

Ironbark dumps investment manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... record of providing strong and consistent returns for their investors that have low correlation to both debt and equity markets," Ironbark said. As a result, management fees for the fund will be reduced, while its objective and strategy will be altered ...