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Chief economist update: China's slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... years with the trend indicating further slowing in the coming months. More worrying are the sharp declines in the Chinese currency and the stockmarket. The Chinese yuan has lost 6.1% of its value against the US dollar this year to date and its foreign ...

Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... protectionist policy, China's slowdown, Italy's budget deficit, geo-politics (Saudi Arabia), emerging market currency depreciation and so on. Needless to say, Australia is not immune to these nasty developments and would surely be dragged down ...

Chief economist update: China on the down low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... of deceleration. The slowdown in inflation becomes even more worrying as it comes against a backdrop of a depreciating currency. Currently trading at around CNY6.92/US$1, the Chinese yuan has fallen by 5.9% against the US dollar since the start of the ...

RBC I&TS wins custody, fund admin mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... pension funds, as well as individual investors across Australian and international equities, Australian agriculture, currency management and US real estate.

The top-performing ETFs in September are...

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... September as the silvery-white metal's price rose. At number two spot was the BetaShares WisdomeTree Japan ETF's currency hedged version (HJPN), which delivered close to 6% in the month. ETPMPD and HJPN were followed by crude oil ASX-listed ETFs ...

Diversification mandates lead the way: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... allocation was hedge funds (44%), followed by multi-asset (19%) and portfolio-level overlays in areas such as equity, currency or liability risk (19%). Speaking to Financial Standard in London, bfinance head of risk and diversifying strategies Toby Goodworth ...

Chief economist update: Is China starting to slow down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... close to the CNY7.000/US$1 line in the sand it long ago set as a target wherein which it would move to "stabilise" the currency. At first glance, these smack of panic from the Chinese government that the economy is slowing and that financial markets ...

Bank cross-selling success declines: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... existing customers to other product lines within the same institution. However, the Roy Morgan Banking & Finance Industry Currency Report has found that in reality, the big four have less than a third of their customers' share of wallet (total financial ...

Chief economist update: An Indian surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... September this year - because of the country's dependence on oil imports. According to Bank of America Merrill Lynch currency strategist Rohit Garg: "In terms of oil impact, we believe 10% rise in oil causes headline inflation to move higher by about ...

J.P. Morgan expands derivatives clearing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... both the operational and risk benefits of seeing their positions updated and refreshed in a local time zone, in local currency," he said. "In addition, we understand that clients need solutions to optimise the performance of their cleared portfolios ...