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Not the time for long-term decisions: Baur

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... geopolitical tensions as a major factor limiting the force of the turnaround, noting the trade conflict between the US and China is "probably just a truce, rather than any kind of solution". "So a good year this year, but I think perhaps problems next ...

Westpac also owed money by Sargon

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
China's Taiping Trustees is not the only group owed money by Sargon and its related companies. There is also a roughly $35 million debt facility from Westpac bank, Financial Standard understands. The Westpac loan is in addition to previously reported ...

Lowe snaps back at critics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... 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 stimulus measures were introduced," ...

Asia is way forward for global economy: DWS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... growth before the Asian crisis, particularly in the ASEAN region. Then we had the GFC, then we had huge stimulus out of China for four to five years, which obviously Australia did very well out of," Taylor said. "Then from around 2014 to 2016 there was ...

Bonds not out of the game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
Bond managers appear to be taking a more active approach to investing in the current low-volatility environment, according to Bank of China's head of fixed income Mark Todd. Looking into the performance of the major bond funds form the last 12 months ...

Robo-advice to be worth US$1.4 trillion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... of the global robo market is concentrated in the US. The US market alone is expected to be worth US$1 trillion this year. China is the second largest market (US$300 billion estimated AUM), followed by the UK (US$24 billion AUM) and Germany (US$13 million ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus infects oil market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... production by around 500 kb/d (kilo barrels per day) to 2.1 mb/d, starting 1 January 2020. Then the coronavirus struck with China as its epicentre - the world's biggest oil importer, accounting for around 20% of total world crude oil imports. The ...

Argo Investments' profit plunges

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... throw cheap money at markets in their quest for yield. Argo said tourism operators, education providers and exporters to China are likely to be impacted by coronavirus-sparked market volatility. It warned that any damage to the Chinese economy could ...

Perpetual appoints APAC lead

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... led a team of more than 40 sales and client management professionals across 10 countries, including Singapore, Hong Kong, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Australia. He also covered sales responsibilities for the Korean, Taiwan ...

Chief economist update:China prepares anti-viral injection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... continues to multiply and, along with it, the sense of panic that has resulted in an almost worldwide ban on travel to and from China, complete lockdown of Wuhan and face masks running out of stock, among others. The coronavirus has now overtaken the ...