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J.P. Morgan names new APAC equity strategy head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... J.P. Morgan, Steed was global head of infrastructure research at Babcock & Brown and held director roles with Citi and Lehman Brothers.

March ASX200 volatility worse than GFC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... of above 10% volatility in March exceed other extreme world events including the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Black Monday on 8 August 2011 which followed the credit rating downgrade of US sovereign debt, the US and Chinese ...

Chief economist update: How deep the global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
"It is very likely that this year the global economy will experience its worst recession since the Great Depression, surpassing that seen during the global financial crisis a decade ago. The Great Lockdown, as one might call it, is projected to shrink ...

No time to look back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... between the coronavirus and the GFC, he said. "The GFC was ultimately caused by the US government refusing to bail-out the Lehman Brothers. After they did that it became apparent how much of a stake it had in all the banks, so the knock on effects was ...

Chief economist update: Cash splash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... highest level on record, up 50bps in the past two weeks. The prior high was 60% in the months running up to the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008." The latest policy responses, according to Factset : "ECB added €750B to its QE program, bring its ...

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 ...