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CommInsure charged over hawking

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
... case will be first mentioned on November 19 at the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney. CommInsure was recently sold to Hong Kong-based insurance giant AIA, though delays in the deal's completion and regulatory roadblocks caused CBA to sell the ...

Chief economist update: China's great leap forward 70 years in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... and the euro. It would have been celebrations all around but US President Donald Trump and the recent protests and riots in Hong Kong are raining on the Politburo's parade - both threatening to further weaken China's already slowing growth. Chinese ...

CFS awards Asian equities mandate

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... portfolio of around 30-60 stocks," he said. The mandate will be managed by Robeco's Asia Pacific equities team, located in Hong Kong and Shanghai. It is currently a team of nine portfolio managers, three research analysts, an operational portfolio ...

IFM Investors boss to retire

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... June 2010 results of $9.4 million. It has opened many international offices in the last decade, including in Tokyo, Berlin, Hong Kong, Korea and Switzerland, and now employs nearly four times the 112 staff it did at end of 2010 financial year. In its ...

Surprise $56 billion bid for London Stock Exchange

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing has proposed a $56 billion takeover of the London Stock Exchange. In a statement, HKEX said: "The board believes a proposed combination with LSEG represents a highly compelling strategic opportunity to create a global ...

Chief economist update: Fed has Trump's trade war number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... 200 billion? That's about US$10 billion short of New Zealand's entire economy. US$850 billion buys you Norway and Hong Kong plus loose change. The latest Fed research puts numbers in Financial Standard 's claim that it's Trump's tariff ...

Chief economist update: This land is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
Five months and one day. This is the latest count since Hong Kongers started marching on the streets of China's Special Administrative Region (SAR) - on March 31 - protesting the withdrawal of the extradition bill proposed by China's "hand-picked" ...

Pendal hires State Street exec

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... Before State Street, Good spent seven years at BlackRock, serving as head of the iShares ETF business in Asia Pacific based in Hong Kong before he moved onto become managing director and head of strategy for the region. Good said he looks forward to ...

Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... recession (and perhaps, Germany); the trade war - US and China, Japan and South Korea; Brexit; political uncertainty (in Hong Kong, in Italy, in Russia and in Argentina). These mounting uncertainties have pushed investors into safe haven assets such ...

Short-seller targets infant formula importer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... a company that imports infant milk formula from Australia, New Zealand and Europe for the Chinese market is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and invested in by Australian investors including Forager. A Forager blog from July this year by chief ...