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Chief economist update: Trump tweets bull market back into China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
Two tweets from the US President (only because it couldn't fit in one) were all it took to send China's stocks soaring and turn its market technically from a bear to a bull. China's Shanghai Composite Index spiked 5.6% yesterday after US ...

Chief economist update: The RBI surprises (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
The Reserve Bank of India is full of surprises. When financial markets expected it to raise interest rates, it didn't. When everyone expected interest rates to remain steady, it cut. Recall that back in October 2018, the RBI surprised markets by ...

IRESS reports strong 2018

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... can drive automation for business outcomes, IRESS said. The business' operating revenue in the Asia Pacific financial markets was slightly higher than the prior corresponding period at $115.6 million and direct contribution to the overall figures was ...

Chief economist update: Unchanged RBNZ stance would force it to change stance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... official cash rate unchanged at 1.75% after its February 13 monetary policy deliberations. That's A-OK. Financial markets were expecting just that. However, financial markets' didn't expect the RBNZ to retain its neutral stance on policy ...

Challenger adds new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... manager. Fidante Partners will take over the distribution and marketing of London-based FME Asset Management (Financial Markets Engineering), in line with its usual business model. The derivatives-based strategy takes positions in futures with an absolute ...

Chief economist update: UK economy slows on Brexit woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... and the United Kingdom; whether the transition to them is abrupt or smooth; and how households, businesses and financial markets respond." "The appropriate path of monetary policy will depend on the balance of these effects on demand, supply and the ...

Chief economist update: Euro contagion redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... alleviated somewhat but remain a concern. China's economy may be slowing more sharply than anticipated and global financial markets and many emerging markets are vulnerable to abrupt changes in risk sentiment and growth expectations. For the EU ...

Former Morgan Stanley chief to join Westpac board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... Investment Bank, Barclays de Zoete Wedd and has also served on the board of Investa Property Group and Australian Financial Markets Association. Seale joins Westpac's board after stints as a director at Bank of Queensland, Ramsay Health Care, and Penguin ...

Chief economist update: La vita is no longer e bella

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... in the December 2018 after shrinking by 0.1% in the previous three-month period. To be sure, economists and financial markets expected this but the decline in the economy's national output was double their expected of 0.1%. Year-on-year, Italian ...

Aussie equities trading volume jumps at Liquidnet

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... greater diversity in seeking institutional liquidity." Weidenhofer has more than 20 years' experience in financial markets. For the last 10 years she has worked at Liquidnet. In her most recent role, she was Liquidnet's head of product for Asia ...