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Chief economist update: Coronaphobia sickens Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... most nations around the world are reeling from the virtual freezing of economic activity in their respective economies and sharp declines in their equity markets, Japan is fast becoming a special (basket) case. Japan's economy contracted at an annualised ...

Super women: Female-led funds on top

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... progress, it needs to be put in context," he said. "There are just a lot fewer trustees as funds have been consolidating. The sharp jump in the percentage of women trustees is due to male trustees exiting the industry at a rapid pace. "Reinforcing this ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
The day you, I and Irene lost sleep over contemplating the potency of future central bank policy actions, given their sharply reduced firepower, when the next threat to the global economy comes. The coronavirus outbreak has brought that day upon us. ...

Chief economist update: The C word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... domestic economies as cases of infections from the coronavirus multiplied and spread around the world. But it's the sharp sell-off in the equity markets - from New York to Rio and ol' London town - that propelled the powers-that-are into a "concerted" ...

Challenger boutique winds up fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... pulled their money in 2019, the fund slipped below $2 million. Kinetic Investment Partners was set up in 2005 by Richard Sharp and Jonathan Findlay of HSBC's small caps team. Challenger, which was then headed by Chris Cuffe, took a minority stake of ...

Chief economist update: Aussie employment rises... but so does our unemployment rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) reported that the economy added 13,500 jobs in January - more than market expectations for an increase of 10,000 - with the creation of 46,200 full-time positions more than offsetting the termination of ...

Investment Manager of the Year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
The third annual Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards were held in Sydney overnight, celebrating excellence in Australia's investment management industry. Macquarie Investment Management took out the title of Investment Manager of the ...

Chief economist update: UK is now Bailey's baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... spite of these, Sterling's effective exchange rate is currently at the same level as Mark found it (notwithstanding the sharp depreciation post-Brexit referendum); the FTSE-100 index has gained by 18.4% since July 2013 to date; and, the unemployment ...

Lowe snaps back at critics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... the overall impact will be, but that the RBA is using the SARS outbreak in 2003 as a guide. "On that occasion, there was a sharp slowing in output growth in China for a few months, before a sharp bounce-back as the outbreak was controlled and economic ...

Coronavirus in, climate change out: Costello, deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
With the death toll surpassing 132 and a further 6000 people suspected of being infected, the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus has left markets tumbling as fears of an epidemic are stoked by news of the virus spreading around the world. It's caused ...