Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 31 - 40 of 55 results for "Geopolitical risk"

Who's afraid of North Korea? Not the South Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
Scary headlines over the prospect of an all-out war between North Korea and the United States (and its allies) continue to flood cyberspace. The latest of which is America's ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley's remark that Kim Jong-un is "begging ...

Fund manager sells all shares ahead of crash

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
A veteran fund manager is liquidating all unit trust assets and handing back mandates due to a "clear and present danger" in property and equity markets. Altair Asset Management chair and chief investment officer Philip Parker explained he had sold ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
Three major world central banks met this week - all three kept monetary policy unchanged, all three expect better growth ahead. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) was first off the bat. The Japanese central bank decided to keep policy settings as they are at the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
Australia employment The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Labour Force, Australia" report showed that an estimated 17,900 jobs were created in May. This was more than consensus expectations for a 15,000 gain but part-time employment - rising ...

A negative sum game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
Last week was a happy one for equity markets with most benchmark indices registering sharp gains at the end of five days of trade. Is it now safe to go back in the waters? Or a dead cat bounce? It happened not so long ago, you know -- when the rebound ...

Investors plan to up active allocation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... volatile global economy," said Franklin Templeton's director, advisory services, Jim McKay. "As factors like geopolitical risk and the mixed bag of economic results in global markets contribute to investor nerves, there's a growing realisation that active ...

Nikko partners geopolitical risk specialist

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... Management has partnered with Eurasia Group to bring the global political risk research and consulting firm's geopolitical risk indicators within Nikko's multi-asset investment management process. Eurasia Group will provide the global investment manager ...

Now where have I heard that before?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
Houston, we've got another one. Another one of those big falls on Wall Street - yup, those ones that almost always begs the question, is this the one (the start of a bigger correction) or another dip begging to be bought? This time it's the International ...

Gold stocks undervalued but likely to rise

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... been out of favour," Foster said, but added that "we're in the process of recovering that value." Heightened geopolitical risk and an absence of persistent bullion exchange-traded product (ETP) selling are helping to support the gold price at current ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... becoming more cautious due to the rising political tensions the Australian market remains relatively insulated. "Geopolitical risk is coming back to the fore, I think that's where focus has been switching towards over the last 24 hours," Mr Shamu said. ...