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Chief economist update: COVID-19 returns to Europe with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... Organization (WHO) predicts that death rates could be four to five times more by January 2021 than they were in April this year. European governments have, so far, resisted re-imposing national lockdowns. As per Factset, "Mitigation measures from major ...

State Street targets insurance outsourcing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... commercial officer Jochen Muller said: "We are pleased that State Street is expanding the use of SimCorp Dimension in their European business and we are impressed how open they want to be in their Alpha Platform, also accepting the complete SimCorp Solution ...

Chief economist update: Winter of Europe's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... "reduce transmission of the disease". Whether it's the weather or governments' haste at re-opening (in time for the European summer), or the flouting of already relaxed social restrictions, one thing is clear; the second wave to Europe has returned. ...

Chief economist update: The W in the second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... restrictions over summer have given way to a second wave of coronavirus infections in the continent. Worse, Stella Kyriakides -- European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety since 2019 - notes that some countries are reporting more cases now than ...

FCA reviews regulation of foreign financial services firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... international firms seeking authority to operate in the UK. This will affect all firms that are a part of and sit outside the European Economic Area (EEA), which consists of members of the European Union. The FCA said it does not propose to change existing ...

Chief economist update: UK's winter of discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... measures" (abc.net.au, May 21) "Lockdown? What Lockdown? Heat Wave Brings Britons Out in Droves" (New York Times, June 26) "European heatwave sends thousands flocking to beaches despite social-distancing warnings" (Associated Press, August 7) To be sure ...

AMP Capital buys digital infrastructure firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... the business continues expanding its own fibre network, whilst also paving the way to further grow the company's pan-European fibre operator strategy," he said. VX Fiber's network runs from Umea, Sweden, and operates in South Africa and the UK. It has ...

Chief economist update: RBA negative on negative interest rate policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... have not lowered them further. Instead, they have eased monetary policy settings through other means." True that. The European Central Bank (ECB) took deposit rates down to negative back in 2014 and the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) target rate had been ...

Hostplus awards mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... invest in Flexstone's Global Opportunities IV strategy, providing direct exposure to over 40 co-investments in US and European and private companies. Flexstone managing partner Eric Deram said the mandate will benefit Hostplus members from the "crucial ...

Chief economist update: Dan defeats second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... coronavirus infections in Europe supports Andrews' cautious approach towards re-opening. As CNBC penned yesterday, "European countries are likely to impose more restrictions on public life in the coming days, analysts said." France reported 10,569 ...