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Chief economist update: Australia needs China more than it needs us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... figures) that roughly equates to what Australia sells to Japan (16.4%), South Korea (7.0%), India (4.9%), US (3.8%), and Singapore (2.9%) combined. Australian exports account for around 20% of the country's GDP. If my maths serves me right, exports ...

Law firm bolsters financial services team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... 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, Charlotte is an advocate for ...

Private asset consultant makes global hire

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
A global private asset consultant and manager with offices in New York, Paris, Geneva and Singapore has made an executive hire, set to boost investment opportunities for local investors and super funds. Flexstone Partners, an affiliate of Natixis Investment ...

Australian fund regulation below average: Morningstar

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... Canada 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 ...

Frontier Advisors makes key appointments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... securities. Bulfin had a 10 year career at Goldman Sachs as a macro trader and in treasury management before moving to Singapore to work as a macro trader for Barcap. Simone Gavin will join the equities team at Frontier as a senior consultant. She previously ...

COVID-19 will bite into credit ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... Poor's, Moody's and Fitch Ratings - namely: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, and Switzerland. Good call! Latest available information on each country's debt-to-GDP and/or budget-to-GDP ...

How wealth management must respond to COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... 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." The crisis will ...

Property manager, sovereign wealth fund enter JV

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... wealth fund. Dexus announced the establishment of a new joint venture with GIC, a sovereign wealth fund that manages Singapore's foreign reserves, to acquire a 50% interest in the 55-storey Rialto Towers in Melbourne. Dexus said the new acquisition ...

Schroders appoints regional leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... his position as chief executive of Schroders Australia, and take the regional reins in the second quarter alongside Singapore country head, Susan Soh. Durack and Soh step into the vacancy left behind after the promotion of Lieven Debruyne from chief ...

New role for Mercer chief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... "Over the years [I] have been fortunate enough to visit its [AIA's] operations and leadership in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Australia," Walsh said. "As the largest global life insurer in the world, AIA is extremely well placed to deliver its ...