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Chief economist update: China leads the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
"Hush, little baby don't say a word Papa's gonna buy you a mocking bird..." Perhaps, a throwback to my childhood but the lullaby applies to the different stages governments around the planet - culminating in total lockdown of their borders - ...

Coronavirus is an investment opportunity: Fidelity

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... important quality in these sort of crises as well, and they've got good cash flows; commodity prices have come down a little bit, oils come down, iron ore as come off, so you've got a really positive environment." Tech too, will be a growth sector ...

Chief economist update: The cure for Italy's tourism problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... there's that bugbear of a budget deficit the new populist Italian government argued with the European Union about a little over a year ago. Brussels was worried that Italy's big spending promises would put its budget deficit to GDP ratio in breach ...

Chief economist update: The crash we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... COVID-19 vaccine is discovered or, at least, the number of infected cases slows, lower interest rates and cheaper oil would do little to prod consumers to go out, mix and mingle and spend. The same goes for factories and businesses. Stock markets will ...

Chief economist update: Coronaphobia sickens Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... policy very, very soon. But with its policy rate at negative 0.1% and targets the 10-year JGBs at zero, it may have very little option but to start the yen printing press.

Spitfire loses top executives

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... appointed John," the company said. "However, with the benefit of hindsight, both parties agreed that his appointment was a little early for someone with his background and at the stage of Spitfire's development." The spokesperson said Laurence Milne ...

HUB24 hires managed portfolios lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... head of managed portfolios, after a short stint at the advice group. Mennie joined the platform last month, and has wasted little time getting to work, securing the exclusive launch of Milliman's new locally-designed SmartShield managed account series ...

HUB24 also in line at Sargon

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... companies, Sargon Services, also has the Australian Taxation Office as a creditor. Sargon Services has about 90 employees and little usable cash, stock or assets outside intellectual property and employees. Its total liabilities ($32 million in secured ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 solves overtourism in Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... and manufacturing sectors. The ECB would surely help, if it could. But with the current policy rate at zero, there's little scope to do more. Besides, the problem caused by the coronavirus is a supply-side problem. Lower interest rates stoke demand ...

Wells Fargo coughs up $4.5 billion

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... employees to open new accounts and products for existing customers, often without their consent or under false pretences, with little regard to their needs and wellbeing. US Attorney for the Western district of North Carolina, Andrew Murray, said the ...