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IFM impersonated in scam

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
... were listed on the Mexican stock exchange for $1.52 per share. When questioned IFM said the $3.79 price was for Aleatica Spain (the holding company through which IFM own part of its investment in Aleatica Mexico), while $1.52 a share was for Aleatica ...

Chief economist update: ECB expands PEPP

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... was in response to mo' infections in the region's member countries - particularly the bigger ones like Germany, Spain and Italy - and the subsequent re-imposition and/or tightening of restrictions there. As ECB president Christine Lagarde intimated ...

Chief economist update: Europe, we have a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
... Organisation (WHO) tally, the total cases of infections to date have risen by 644% in France since the end of June; by 320% in Spain; 224% in the UK; 139% in Germany; and, 135% in Italy. No prizes for guessing but the consequent tightening of restrictions ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 returns to Europe with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
It won't be long now till we again hear "balcony concertos" - the ones started in Italy back in March this year (and gone viral on cyberspace) when the government imposed a hard lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic - for infections in Europe ...

Chief economist update: Winter of Europe's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... north continued to be the worst affected region and use targeted measures rather than resorting to a national lockdown. Spain ordered a partial lockdown in Madrid and surrounding areas after a rise in cases. Under the new restrictions, residents will ...

IFM, Trafigura launch renewable investment company

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... in December 2018 to own and operate Impala Terminals' network of base metals terminal infrastructure across Mexico, Spain and Peru. Impala Terminals also includes a refined products storage and distribution business in Paraguay and a Swiss-based ...

Banks lose US$635 billion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
Global banks have cumulatively lost around US$635.33 billion in market capitilisation between December 2019 and August 2020, according to research from Buy Shares. The data indicated that 14 of the world's largest major global banks have suffered ...

Chief economist update: Comeback COVID

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... highest number of cases since its March peak, while Germany recorded its highest spike in daily cases since April 26." "Spain continued to record the highest rate of cases in the region with Madrid, the biggest hotspot. Italy has also seen a pickup in ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... returning travelers as the cause. France marked its highest daily rise since May and placed red alerts on Paris and Marseille. Spain continued to face the worst coronavirus infection rate in Western Europe, with some 675 active outbreaks in the country ...

Chief economist update: The next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... agree. Recall the fiscal funding disputes between "austere" countries, led by Germany, and the PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain) during the European sovereign debt crisis seven years before....it's the emerging fiscal union of the European Union. ...