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EM debt relatively unscathed by virus: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... such as Chile, Saudi Arabia and Brazil." On the other hand, Eaton Vance said countries like the Dominican Republic and Mexico that have fewer direct economic ties to China and import commodities may do better, as falling import prices are a boost to ...

Perpetual awards mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... client with a credit mandate. Perpetual has mandated Thornburg Investment Management which is headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico and represented here by Melbourne-based Terrain Placement. Perpetual head of multi-manager Theo Sofios said Thornburg's ...

Chief economist update: Equity markets struck by coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... would cost 142.2 million lives around the world and reduce growth by $US4.4 trillion. How could approximately 150 dead in Mexico - there were no reported deaths in the other infected countries - translate into 142.2 million? Even SARS (severe acute respiratory ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... were, central banks are running low on bullets. There's Trump's war (trade or otherwise) with everybody - China, Mexico, Iran, the EU, climate change, etc. The debilitating effect of which has now prompted Japan and South Korea to engage in a ...

Sovereign wealth fund revokes exclusions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... conglomerate Grupo Carso, defence company General Dynamics, fertiliser company Nutrien and retailers Walmart and Wal-Mart de Mexico. Rio Tinto was excluded from the fund's investable universe in 2008 based on an assessment of the risk of severe environmental ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
Mexico (and the world) is breathing a sigh of relief after Trump's tweet "indefinitely" suspending his tariff threat against America's southern neighbour. But POTUS being Trump, he's exploited this "win" to issue fresh tariff threats versus ...

Chief economist update: US recession in the offing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
"On June 10th, the United States will impose a 5% Tariff on all goods coming into our Country from Mexico, until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our Country, STOP. The Tariff will gradually increase until the Illegal Immigration ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... theirs and then... boom. Tariffs, trade war, reversal on Iran deal, death of NAFTA (now known as USMCA - United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement), his ditching of APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation), and so on and etcetera. Figure out Trump and we ...

Chief economist update: Policy normalisation interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... expected to temporarily raise US growth, with favorable demand spillovers for US trading partners-especially Canada and Mexico-during this period." No one, including the IMF, countenanced that Trump would follow through on his campaign pledge to "Make ...

New Zealand reviews life insurance commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... Stability Report, in 2016 New Zealand-based life insurers paid financial advisers commissions of about 20%. This is well above Mexico and Hungary which rounded out the top three at 13% and 12% respectively. The RBNZ said much of this comes down to a ...