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JPMAM hires ESG expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... research firm. At CCB, he served as head of power, energy and materials research. Before that, he was head of materials and China property research at Daiwa Capital Markets. Another recent hire is Robert Harden, who works as a sustainable investing research ...

Super industry to fill China investment gap

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... Chinese-owned entity on the grounds of national security. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg put an end to the $300 million bid from China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) for Australia-based Probuild. The Treasurer stated national security ...

Chief economist update: Yuan the victim of China's success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... settle the currency internationally. 'Twas less than one and a half years ago that the US Treasury Department branded China a "currency manipulator" - the first time in 25 years - because the yuan's depreciation gives China an "unfair competitive ...

Chief economist update: China on my mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
... than the annus horribilis that preceded it, risks remain. Recall that this time last year, the world was applauding the US-China trade deal. Trump's now gone and Biden could begin repairing Sino-Yankee relations. But Australia has graduated from ...

Platinum's lead PM for Asia fund departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... version of the strategy. The Platinum Asia Fund invests in 50 to 100 listed Asian companies, with about 46% by assets in China, 12% in Korea and about 9% in India. Its top five holdings at November end included Samsung Electronics (6% of the portfolio) ...

Australian banks among most fined

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... Estonia for Russian non-residents, allegedly failing to prevent money laundering as it expanded operations in the Baltics. China had the second most banks fined in 2020, but by dollar amount it came in eighth. A total of seven Chinese banks were fined ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine, the variant

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... this time last year, the world was alerted - but only mildly alarmed - at yet another SARS-like disease spreading in Wuhan, China (the first confirmed case reported on December 8). The world considered the infections as a China-only epidemic and dismissed ...

Chief economist update: Government spending made money, saved money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... ladettes, could determine whether Australia would need to spend more money to make money to save spending more money... because China is reducing spending on us.

Senior appointments at HLB Mann Judd

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... experience in the field." Wirtz has 20 years' experience in professional services throughout Australia, South Africa, Brazil, China and Japan. His remit will be the provision of tax consulting services to Australian-based companies, ranging from start-up ...

Australia in China's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm" - Sun Tzu, The Art of War It would be surprising and un-Chinese for China not to heed the prescriptions of one of its famous son, Sun Tzu - a military general and the author of 'The Art of War'. China's ...