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Chief economist update: Equity markets struck by coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... translate into 142.2 million? Even SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) of the early 2000s stopped after 775 deaths? Reuters too. It pointed to a 2008 study conducted by the IMF that predicted that an influenza pandemic could cost US$3 trillion and ...

Chief economist update: Bushfires singe growth, surplus predictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... and I can smell and taste the smoke as I write - two headlines caught my attention this morning. The first one is from Reuters (14 January 2020), "Australian economic outlook overshadowed by bushfires, drought: Reuters poll". According to the article ...

New head for Sydney Stock Exchange

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... Michael Go as its new chief executive. Go joined the SSX earlier this year after working as head of trading for Thomson Reuters in Hong Kong since 2015. Prior to that Go held positions as head of markets at AFMA and executive roles at MMADX for the Asia ...

Macquarie to cut jobs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... response to "structural changes" in the broader market after it conducted a strategic review of its business. According to Reuters, the bank has around 700 cash equities employees, with a source telling them the group is expected to cut around 100 jobs ...

Chief economist update: Oil to slide into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... on Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq oil-processing plant - has the OPEC et al again ruminating on further cuts in production. Reuters quoted an OPEC source saying: "In December we will consider whether we need more cuts for next year. But it is early now, things ...

ETFS Capital backs indexing startup

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... set up by Gareth Parks, who was one of the four founding staff of FTSE and Tobias Sproehnle who was previously Thomson Reuters Benchmarks' chief executive. Its services include index strategy and design, benchmark regulation services for EU and UK, index ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised forecasts for a synchronised slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... firms to entity list, barring purchases of parts and components from firms without US government approval ( Bloomberg, Reuters ). Cited alleged human rights abuses, use of high-tech surveillance against China's Muslim minority." You, I and Irene ...

Chief economist update: Are capital markets the next Sino-US battleground?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... "Trump administration officials are discussing ways to limit U.S. portfolio flows into China." A follow-up article from Reuters stated: "President Donald Trump's administration is considering the possibility of delisting Chinese companies from US ...

Chief economist update: Future path of fed funds rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
Two down, none to go! There was division at the Fed - one official wanted a 50 bps rate cut; two wanted the target rate maintained - but after all was said and done, they were outvoted by the majority of seven (led by Fed chair Powell) which didn't ...

Chief economist update: Fed future move depends on dollar direction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
Freeze frame. Financial markets the world over would be in a sort of suspended animation as they await the conclusion of the US Federal Reserve's September FOMC meeting. This time, there's no "will they, won't they" question to be answered ...