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Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... forecast by 0.1 ppt to 3.2% -- led by a reduction in China's GDP growth from 6.0% to 5.6%. You call that a downgrade? Oxford Economics' latest analysis is a downgrade. Oxford sees world GDP growth falling to "nearly zero" in the first half of ...

Chief economist update: A tariff for a tariff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... Suddenly, the IMF's forecast for a second half lift in global growth is at risk and worse. According to Gregory Daco - Oxford Economics' chief US economist: Imposing tariffs on all U.S.-China trade would reduce global gross domestic product by ...

Chief economist update: Countdown to T-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... consequence, writing: "Imposing tariffs on all U.S/China trade would reduce global gross domestic product by 0.5% by 2020, Oxford Economics chief U.S. economist Gregory Daco said in a research note Thursday, adding: "if the bilateral tensions spiral ...

BlackRock appoints regional head

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Monash University, and a Master of Philosophy in comparative social policy from Oxford University on a Rhodes scholarship. She was on Fortune Magazine and Crain's New York Business' "40 under 40" list ...

Zurich partners for future of work and insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
Zurich has entered a three-year study partnership with Oxford University to develop a means of ensuring workers are effectively protected and supported in an increasingly fragmented labour market. Working with the Smith School of Enterprise and the ...

Quant manager seeks to unscramble cryptocurrency dictionary

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... supporting research that aims to determine whether cryptocurrency prices are predictable. Using natural language processing, the Oxford-Man Institute research is attempting to identify tradeable signals in cryptocurrencies based on public communication ...

Investa Office Fund's Canadian bidder ups the stakes

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
A Canadian real estate group has topped private equity juggernaut Blackstone's bid for the Investa Office Fund. Oxford Properties Group offered to pay $5.60 per share in cash to acquire 100% of IOF, according to company filings on Friday. This is 10 ...

CFA Australia names first chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... brings experience from both not-for-profit and member-based organisations. In her previous roles, Carroll has worked at Oxford University Press and CPA Australia, working across digital communications, content, publishing, IT and marketing. CFA Society ...

Top industry fund bets on DNA sequencing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... investment giants backing a UK-based DNA sequencer, placing $27.5 million in the technology company behind the product. Oxford Nanopore Technologies says it makes the world's only handheld DNA/RNA sequencing devices. Other major investors in the $140 ...

America is full

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... (non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment) should have been exerting upward pressure on wages and by extension, inflation. Oxford Economics estimate the US NAIRU at 4.3%, the OECD has it at 4.9% and closer the home, the Federal Reserve Bank of ...