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Chief economist update: Could COVID-19 dissenters be correct?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... allowed people to keep living largely as normal. Stores and restaurants remained open - so too did many schools." What has Sweden got to show for this? According to Euro News' report as on July 28: "With a COVID-19 death toll of 5700, Sweden's ...

Pension fund in divestment hoax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
Global climate change activist group Extinction Rebellion has come under fire after it posed as Sweden's largest pension fund and claimed it was divesting from all companies with operations in fossil fuels. On June 29 a website purporting to be that ...

Chief economist update: The All Ords' ups, downs and ups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... good year... until COVID-19. Efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic have prompted governments everywhere - except Sweden - to impose social isolation and business lockdown measures, effectively freezing economic activity, resulting in almost equivalent ...

Chief economist update: The ECB's PEPP economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... the expected €80-€100 billion. Hopefully, it would change dissenter nations' - Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden - stance against the European Commission's recent proposal for a €750 billion recovery plan and a 2021-27 budget of ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone contraction heads from mild to severe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... All well and good, every little bit helps. However, fiscally responsible members -- Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden - are against the idea of paying for the debts of their more profligate neighbours. Moreover, just as the Ricardian equivalence ...

Chief economist update: Will emerging markets be first to emerge?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... affiliations, responses by governments - rich and poor - have been the same all over the world (well, almost except notably Sweden), restrictions on social interaction, business lockdowns, and those that could, working from home. Frozen economic activity ...

Australian fund regulation below average: Morningstar

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... 26 markets, assigning grades of top, above average, average, below average and bottom to each country. The Netherlands, Sweden and UK were the most investor-friendly markets in terms of regulation and taxation. While Belgium, Finland and Norway received ...

COVID-19 will bite into credit ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... Moody's and Fitch Ratings - namely: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, and Switzerland. Good call! Latest available information on each country's debt-to-GDP and/or budget-to-GDP ratios shows ...

Equities not that expensive: Hamish Douglass

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... slightly less than 1%. "And we have a number of countries around the world, we could think of France and Germany, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, they have negative interest rates right at the moment." Quoting Warren Buffett, Douglass said the value of assets ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 solves overtourism in Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... acquired), three cases in Spain (three imported), one case in Belgium (imported), one case in Finland (imported), one case in Sweden (imported). Six deaths have been reported in Italy; one death has been reported in France." This doesn't include ...

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First Sentier expands mandate with Northern Trust

MATTHEW WAI
Northern Trust will offer a range of front-to-back solutions as third-party administrator for First Sentier Investors under an extended agreement.

Venture capital exits expected to grow in 2025: Preqin

ELIZA BAVIN
The venture capital market is expected to see even more exits in 2025 after the sector was impacted by higher interest rates throughout 2024.

FAAA slams 'underlying issues' in CSLR

ELIZA BAVIN
The FAAA has made a submission to the Senate Economics Committee calling out underlying issues brought to the fore by the establishment of the CSLR.

NRL legend joins private wealth firm

ANDREW MCKEAN
Ex-National Rugby League (NRL) player Cooper Cronk has joined Viola Private Wealth as an ambassador.

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