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Chief economist update: The recession is over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... foreign economies. But positive changes are afoot on international trade. Exports account for around 24% of the economy. China - Australia's biggest export market (32.7% of total exports) - has dodged a recession and its growth momentum is accelerating ...

Ninety One wins equity mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... Chinese equities to the newly rebranded Ninety One. State Super has allocated the mandate to Ninety One's 4Factor All China Equity strategy. Ninety One manages $205 billion with $92 billion in listed equity investments. The team running the All China ...

Aussie asset managers fourth-fastest in global growth

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... came out as the largest managers but the report found fast growing asset management markets (in local currency terms) are China (25.5% CAGR over five years), India (14.4%), Brazil (12.9%) and Australia (11.9%). Developed countries like the US and UK ...

Australia among strongest on governance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... place. Meanwhile, Chile, Columbia, the UAE, Pakistan and Poland had both weak practices and weak rules. Japan, Hong Kong, China and India were among the countries with strong rules but weak governance practices. According to the research, Australia sat ...

Chief economist update: Middle Kingdom on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... OECD's statement in its September 2020 Economic Outlook Interim Report that, "All G20 countries with the exception of China will have suffered recession in 2020" and backed by the IMF's October 2020 "World Economic Outlook" predicting Chinese ...

Fiscal policy spurs investor confidence: Citi

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... Furthermore, 38% of respondents have their portfolios positioned for a democratic sweep and 32% of investors thought US-China relations will deteriorate following the US election with more protectionist policy was put in place, though 42% think it would ...

Chief economist update: Get shorty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) cut the foreign exchange risk reserve ratio for forward contracts to 0% from 20% over the weekend, effectively giving its blessing to currency traders to "get shorty". The PBOC imposed the 20% risk reserve ratio ...

AUSTRAC releases guidance on wildlife trafficking

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... financial indicators; including assessing large transactions, especially those from Asia (high demand for trafficked animals in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan); considering international and domestic payments details that may reference the animal species ...

Chief economist update: Splish splash, budget cash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... the end of 2019, the US had a debt-to-GDP ratio of 107%; Japan, 237%; the Eurozone, 84.1%; the UK, 80.7%; Canada, 89.7%; China 50.5%. And then there's the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) which still has relatively more firepower than many of its ...

Insurers prepare for tragic COVID-19 fall-out

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... feeling insecure in that way." MetLife 360Health in Australia late last year after the program had some success in Korea and China. It provides wellbeing support services, aiming to assist people with mental health issues so that they are less likely ...