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Chief economist: Is this a buy op?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... efforts to control inflation. Never mind other commodity prices, the price of crude oil has shot up on the back of the Russian adventure. Brent oil US$104.99 per barrel - up 8.42% on the day; WTI oil reached US$100 before falling back to US$99.52 - up ...

Australian banks among most fined

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... was penalised by US$425 million after it was alleged to have processed billions of Euros in transactions in Estonia for Russian non-residents, allegedly failing to prevent money laundering as it expanded operations in the Baltics. China had the second ...

Chief economist update: Australia succumbs to pandemic-induced recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... 1990/91. The Australian economy withstood the US savings and loan crisis of the early 1990's, the Asian currency crisis/Russian debt default/Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) collapse in 1997/98, the September 11 terrorists attacks on the US and ...

Financial institution charged over Epstein scandal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... totaling over US$6 million for what appear to have been the legal expenses of Epstein and his co-conspirators; payments to Russian models, payments for women's school tuition, hotel and rent expenses, and (consistent with public allegations of prior ...

COVID-19 poses unique human rights threats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... outbreak. China is using it to track infected individuals and identify those not wearing masks," Zandbergen said. "In Moscow, Russian authorities are reportedly using surveillance cameras, facial recognition systems and geolocation to enforce its quarantine ...

COVID-19 to lead to deglobalisation: Amundi

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... external debt, in particular, in Indonesian and Bahrain high yield debt. Within local debt, the asset manager sees value in Russian assets across both FX and rates, it said. The manager had also remained relatively defensive across its equity holdings. ...

Chief economist update: AUD depreciation no cure for coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... The AUD/US sank from US$0.80 to below US$60 during the Asian financial crisis in 1997, that was quickly followed by the Russian debt default and the collapse of Long-term Capital Management (LTCM) in 1998; it fell from around US$0.65 to US$0.49 during ...

Coronavirus is an investment opportunity: Fidelity

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... quite a few crises in his time. "In my 23 years at Fidelity we've had eight different crises; the Asian crisis, the Russian crisis, tech boom and bust, subprime mortgage crisis, sovereign debt crisis, SARS, and I think all are similar and there is ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs a cheaper A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... shocks from the Asian currency crisis - followed by the collapse of hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and Russian debt default in the late 1990s when it dropped from more than US$0.80 to below US$0.60. It deflected the fallout from the 2001 ...

Chief economist update: The rate cut Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... 'lucky country' from the downdrafts of the Asian currency crisis and the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management and Russian default in 1997/98; the US recession and the terrorists' attacks on the US in 2001 and the global financial crisis ...