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China vaccinates against corona

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
Weekend reports that COVID-19 is not only multiplying but infecting more countries sent financial markets back. According to Al Jazeera, a total of 76,288 cases and 2345 deaths have been reported in mainland China as at February 21 - there'll be ...

Bell FG appoints director, releases FY results

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... Feldmanis brings extensive experience and knowledge to the board. "Feldmanis has extensive industry knowledge of financial markets, and significant experience in business operations, finance, risk management and governance," it said. "She is an experienced ...

Chief economist update: Japan fails to learn from history (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... was 0.1% before the 2014 tax increase in 2014; and, currently at minus 0.1%. Looking forward, economists and financial markets expect a rebound in Japanese GDP in the March 2020 quarter. That may be but would it be enough to prevent another Japanese ...

SSGA slashes ETF fee

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... Victor's new role as head of SPDR ETF distribution for Asia Pacific, which sees her assume responsibility for key financial markets including Hong Kong and Japan, where institutional interest in ETFs is high relative to Australia.

SSGA promotes local SPDR boss

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... ETF Asia Pacific distribution, in a move that will see Victor assume responsibility of the Hong Kong and Japan financial markets where ETF growth is booming, according to SSGA. Victor joined SSGA in 2017 as head of SPDR ETFs in Australia, following a ...

Challenger boutique winds up

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... multi-boutique business Fidante partnered with in February last year has wound up. London-based FME Asset Management (Financial Markets Engineering) ran a derivatives-based strategy taking positions in futures with an absolute return objective. Its partnership ...

Chief economist update: Lowe puts Australia on high

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... exports. So, it is working." Then again, if easier monetary policy is working, why are many economists and the financial markets factoring in at least one more 25 bps RBA rate cut -- that would take the official cash rate to a fresh record low of 0.50% ...

Retail funds outperform, but industry funds dominate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... change. "The latest results are a combination of over 10 years of positive year-on-year returns by super funds and financial markets finishing 2019 on a positive note," Ross said. "Super funds continue to provide solid long term return for members." ...

Chief economist update: It's a holiday for the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... the Committee's symmetric 2 percent objective as the most likely outcomes," it read. In the Fed we trust. Financial markets trusted the Fed's forward guidance back then so much so that, after the January 2019 meeting, the CME FedWatch Tool put ...

Bearish sentiment bites Aussie investors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... depend on central banks pumping out cheap money into the economy and should prepare for a major drawback. "Across financial markets there's a view that investors don't need to worry about risk because central banks are going to bail them out," ...