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Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... economy plunging 6.8% in the year to the March 2020 quarter... but it also halted the series of ongoing protests in Hong Kong that began in June last year. With the spread of the coronavirus under control, and economic indicators - industrial production ...

Frontier Advisors adds to leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... and product at Bloomberg. Jenkins will be returning to Australia for his new role, after 16 years abroad in London, Hong Kong and New York. Frontier Advisors chief executive Andrew Polson commented on Jenkins' appointment, saying that it should excite ...

Global dividends to fall 15%: Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... $275.4bn, equivalent to underlying growth of 4.3%. The US and Canada each saw all-time quarterly records, while Japan, Hong Kong, and Russia broke Q1 records. The index of global payouts rose to a record 196.3. To assess the impact of the pandemic on ...

Law firm bolsters financial services team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... corporate governance, and has also helped clients in relation to various individual accountability regimes, including Hong Kong's manager-in-charge regime, Singapore's senior manager liability, and Australia's BEAR regime. In addition to her legal practice ...

Pinnacle boutique launches Cayman fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... when markets turn violent, we aim to be the bright spot in our investor's portfolios. Adams previously worked in Hong Kong as portfolio manager for Brevan Howard, and as a managing director at Morgan Stanley Australia. Pinnacle announced the partnership ...

Chinese tech giant buys 5% stake in Afterpay

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... Tencent is an online entertainment, digital advertising, social media, fintech and cloud services provider listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Its communications platforms include Weixin, WeChat and QQ. It also has a digital payments service, Weixin ...

Aussie funds bleed $4bn in March

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... head of Australia and New Zealand Ross Fox said. Australian behaviour was largely in line with international markets: Hong Kong investors redeemed net $2.7 billion from funds while UK investors pulled out about $7.3 billion. "Flows were mostly from bond ...

Australian fund regulation below average: Morningstar

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... continued to receive a below average grade for regulation and taxation in our study." Of the 26 markets, only Singapore and Hong Kong do not tax fund investors at all, Morningstar said. "Many markets exempt fund investors from capital gains while they ...

How wealth management must respond to COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... margins of 37 basis points and three basis points, respectively, suggested through a survey of 21 private banks active in Hong Kong and Singapore," McKinsey said. "This indicates a need for scale which may become more prominent in these challenging times." ...

Man Group hires from BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... global emerging market fundamental equities at BlackRock. He's had an almost decade-long career at BlackRock, joining its Hong Kong team in 2011. Prior to that, Swan spent 17 years at J.P. Morgan in equity portfolio management and research roles. "We ...