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Chief economist update: Thanks for nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... column alongside its brothers, in time for Thanksgiving. This is because it's raining... problems - trade war, Brexit, Italian budget, de-synchronised global growth, geo-political concerns, free-falling emerging markets, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. ...

Chief economist update: Buy the dip or sell the rallies?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... looming shift from QE to QT. Worries about a hard Brexit have flared back up again. Rome and Brussels still at odds over Italian budget. China policy fine-tuning measures still seen as insufficient. Political atmosphere post US midterm elections remains ...

Chief economist update: Super Mario keeps his cool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... agreement will be found." But it should be given the threat of contagion to other countries in the single-currency region. Italian bond yields have soared to a four-year high of 3.62% from just 1.98% at the beginning of the year, after Brussels rejected ...

Aussies second-most optimistic about retirement: SSGA

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... to convert a relatively large lump sum into a dependable income for life, making the definition of sufficiency elusive. Italian and Irish respondents, in particular, were concerned that they were not prepared for retirement." According to numbers, Australia ...

Financial literacy critical to European retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... Income Barometer Survey, which interviewed more than 8200 Europeans in March and April, found more than 80% of UK and Italian residents do not own any investment products. This was closely followed by Germany (79%). On average, about one quarter (23%) ...

Chief economist update: Emerging markets feel the heat as Turkey burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... on uk.lalalay.com reveals that: "Spanish banks are owed $83.3bn by Turkish borrowers, French banks are owed $38.4bn and Italian lenders $17bn in a mix of local and foreign currencies." Deeper still, below is the list of banks most exposed to Turkey as ...

Chief economist update: "Quitaly"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... Spain but, at this point, it's still early to call for a "Madriddance". The reason, as Factset put it succinctly: "Italian president Matterella rejected populist finance minister choice and called on former IMF official Cottarelli to lead a technocrat ...

Chief economist update: Should have sold in May and gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... Arabia and Russia plan to increase output), and lately, a developing crisis in Italy (which has led to speculations of an Italian exit). Don't you wish you sold in May and gone away? Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker ...

Chief economist update: Malcolm puts agricuture in the middle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... geographical indicators that would forbid Australian products using such names as feta, parmesan and prosecco, or bearing the Italian flag colours of red, white and green on their packaging. The French are the most stubborn about access for agriculture." ...

AZ Sestante grows fund list

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... liquid, uncorrelated, defensive type funds are definitely on their wish list." AZ Sestante is the Australian subsidiary of Italian wealth management company Azimut Holdings, and manages more than $54 billion in assets globally, including approximately ...