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Chief economist update: The corona crash of 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... a reading of 75.47 - the highest since the 80.86 reading way back in November 2008 in the aftermath of the collapse of Lehman Bros. News that Tom Hanks and wife Rita tested positive for the coronavirus and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau and wife ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... more telling. It lowered interest rates by 50 basis points to 1%-1.25% -- the first inter-meeting cut since 2008 (when Lehman Bros collapse) - because of the "evolving risks to economic activity" posed by the coronavirus. Wall Street's reaction to ...

MLC Wealth shuffles distribution leadership

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... Mannix was global head of sales and marketing at asset management firm CQS UK. She has also held senior roles at Nomura/Lehman Brothers, and at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, now owned by BlackRock, in London and Australia. Mulcahy said the hire ...

Chief economist update: Greater than the Great Recession of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
You know the world's in trouble when the Fed starts contemplating negative interest rates... and then some. "There are other types of policies that probably aren't getting as much analysis. But one is negative interest rate policies. Those are ...

Mercer hires investment strategy lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... Investments, and pension administration and investment management services provider MN. He also held portfolio management roles at Lehman Brothers and JP Morgan. Mercer Pacific chief investment officer Kylie Willment said the appointment strengthens ...

Boutique fund manager appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... Arcapita's global head of institutional fund distribution. Prior to this, he held senior executive positions at PIMCO, Lehman Brothers Investment Management and Barclays Global Investors. His early career was spent in acquisition finance, Fidante ...

Pension fund names new investments lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... running." Meng has also previously held roles with Morgan Stanley and Barclays Global Investors, and was a risk officer at Lehman Brothers before joining CalPERS in 2008. Meng's start date is yet to be determined.

Chief economist update: Famous last words

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... 2008 - "The GSEs are adequately capitalised. They are in no danger of failing." And then wham bam thank you ma'am, Lehman Bros. filed for bankruptcy on 15 September 2008, setting off a chain of events that changed the meaning of GFC from Geelong ...

HSBC cops historic fine for Lehman-linked failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... action against HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA's Hong Kong branch in relation to the sale of derivative products, namely Lehman Brothers-related notes (LB-Notes) and Leverage Forward Accumulators (FAs). The SFC found that in 2008 HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) ...

Former Lehman Brothers chief unveils new asset manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
The creation of a new US asset manager represents former Lehman Brothers chief executive Dick Fuld's most public Wall Street comeback since Lehman's collapse in 2008. Targeting high net worth individuals, family offices and institutions, Matrix Private ...