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Chief economist update: BOJ expands Enhancement of Monetary Easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) added another monetary policy term to our vocabulary at its March 2020 meeting - Enhancement of Monetary Easing - as it tries to limit the economic fallout from the coronavirus. It had the same label for its expanded policy initiative ...

Best, worst global equities funds in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... local S&P/ASX Small Ords Total Return fell 26.72%, global stock market indices were down between 6.26% (MSCI AC Asia Ex Japan NR AUD) and 13.09% (MSCI Europe NR AUD). Consequently, all global equities funds analysed posted negative returns for the quarter ...

The great fall of China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... because not only is out numero uno export market on the ropes (buying 32.7% of our total exports as at 2019), the second - Japan (9%) - third - South Korea (5%) - fourth, fifth and down the line are also in line for contractions in their respective economies. ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... loss to global GDP over 2020 and 2021 from the pandemic crisis could be around US$9 trillion, greater than the economies of Japan and Germany, combined," Gopinath said. "For the first time since the Great Depression both advanced economies and emerging ...

Man Group hires from BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
Man GLG, the discretionary investment manager of Man Group, has hired a new head of Asia ex-Japan equities from BlackRock. Andrew Swan will join Man GLG from Q3 this year and will be based in the Sydney office. Swan was most recently head of Asia and ...

Worse than the Great Depression: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... loss to global GDP over 2020 and 2021 from the pandemic crisis could be around US$9 trillion, greater than the economies of Japan and Germany, combined," Gopinath said. "For the first time since the Great Depression both advanced economies and emerging ...

Chief economist update: Credit ratings downgrades versus fiscal salvation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) acted quickly in response to the coronavirus outbreak. In an emergency meeting on March 16, the Japanese central bank announced it would buy ETFs at an annual pace of ¥12 trillion, double its J-REIT purchases to ¥180 billion ...

Cashwerkz announces new chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... management teams. Prior to that, Lechte worked at UBS for 14 years holding a number of roles including the head of Asia and Japan for fixed income and debt origination, head of fixed income for Australia and head of fixed interest trading Australia. ...

Schroders appoints regional leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
Schroders has promoted from within to appoint leaders for its Asia Pacific operations. Schroders country head for Australia Chris Durack has been appointed co-head of Asia Pacific, in a move designed to support the firm's growth in the region. Durack ...

Macquarie shares halve in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
Macquarie stock has plummeted amid the COVID-19 sell-off, with shares taking a further 12.9% dive on Thursday. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 sell-off (February 21), Macquarie shares have taken a 47.6% hit. At the time of writing, the financial ...