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Chief economist update: Turkey's roasted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
Think it's called a "swan dive" not a "Turkey" dive but this is exactly what the Turkish lira did over the past week as it engaged the world's biggest superpower into a diplomatic stoush. "I fought the law and the law won." - The Clash America ...

Chief economist update: "Quitaly"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... accounts for only 1.2% of total EU GDP (as at 2016). Italy - the fourth biggest economy in Europe - accounts for 11.3% and Spain (the fourth biggest), for 7.5%. The extent of financial market fears over Italy is best captured in the following two charts ...

Chief economist update: Italy and Spain an emerging ECB problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... prudence with regard to monetary policy." The emerging political uncertainty in two of its bigger economies - Italy and Spain - suggests that the ECB might need more "patience, persistence and prudence." After gaining by as much as The Euro Stoxx-50 ...

Genetics will test life insurance sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
Increased affordability of genetic testing and rising public interest in ancestral lineage and health could threaten Australia's life insurance industry, according to the Actuaries Institute. The latest paper from the industry body suggests that even ...

Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
Good, bad or ugly, there were events a-plenty last week for speculators and investors to digest for guidance on what lies ahead. There's the lingering North Korean nuclear threat - although this has barely made it to headlines over the past week; there's ...

Beware creative debt packaging: Robeco

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
In this low volatility environment, it's important not to fall into the trap of chasing yields and creatively packaging debt again - reminiscent of the lead up to the Global Financial Crisis, a fixed income expert says. Robeco Singapore fixed income ...

AMP Capital names key real assets hires

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
AMP Capital has appointed two portfolio managers to its global real assets team. Andy Jones joins AMP Capital as portfolio manager and analyst for the firm's global listed infrastructure team; he will oversee global transportation infrastructure in ...

ECB nips the bud of rate hike speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
The continued sprouting of green shoots in the Eurozone economy has recently triggered speculations that the European Central Bank (ECB) would soon taper its policy accommodation measures soon. While the Governing Council voted to keep monetary policy ...

AMP Capital infrastructure platform secures US$2.4b

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
AMP Capital secured US$2.4 billion ($3.2 billion) for its global infrastructure platform with Australian companies among more than 50 institutional investors committed to its global mandate. The platform, which includes the AMP Capital Global Infrastructure ...

Slack Eurozone labour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... 53.8). Across the region, the lowest jobless rate was recorded in Germany (4.1%) and Malta (4.8%) while Greece (23.1%) and Spain (19.2%) had the highest.