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Chief economist update: The second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... infections starting to emerge in Texas, Florida, and California. This is in addition to Factset's report (quoting the Washington Post ) that: "Texas, Arkansas, South Carolina, Nevada, Arizona, North Carolina, Oregon, Florida and Utah all set new ...

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... imposing legislation would be met with strong US condemnation." This puts into question the "phase one" trade deal between Washington and Beijing. This time, China appears to be in a better bargaining position due to its early success at containing coronavirus ...

Boutique launches new Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... new small/mid cap fund via a paper portfolio for 18 months, before hitting launch in mid-March. The firm is owned by Washington H Soul Pattison, Tom Millner and Will Culbert. The duo also co-manage the WHSP and BKI portfolios. The new strategy invests ...

Super funds' dirty, poor performing stocks revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... South32, APA Group, AGL Energy, Oil Search, Aurizon Holdings, Caltex Australia, Worley, Seven Group, Beach Energy, Washington H Soul Pattinson, Mineral Resources, Whitehaven Coal, New Hope, Cooper Energy, Karoon, Canarvon, Senex, FAR and New Century ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street sneezes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... deleterious impact of the coronavirus on the globe is worse than at the height of the tariff wars between Beijing and Washington and Fed rate hikes, others would disagree. I think the impact would depend on how long and how far and wide the virus spreads ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the trade deal and the AUD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... deal signed on the 15th of January 2020 went into effect a day after heart's day. February 15 marked the day when Washington and Beijing put concrete action into the promised and hoped for de-escalation of trade tensions. On this day, America cut ...

Super fund reveals ASX 100 equality laggards

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... (79%), Insurance Australia (75%), QBE Insurance (75%) and AMP (73%) also scored relatively well. TPG Telecom (23%), Washington H Soul Pattinson and Co. (26%), James Hardie Industries (31%) and Nine Entertainment (33%) came in at the bottom of the naughty ...

Millions up in smoke in cannabis scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... amounts to approximately US $4.85 million. Griffithe is accused of selling investors ownership interests in SMRB LLC, a Washington based company owned by Russell that had a licence to grow marijuana under the state's recreational cannabis laws. According ...

Chief economist update: Equity markets struck by coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... Russell 2000 by 0.8 after the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first case of the coronavirus in Washington State. This followed the share market declines in the Asia Pacific time zone -- the MSCI Asia Pacific index (ex-Japan) ...

Chief economist update: Phase one deal signed, sealed and delivered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... 7.5%... with Trump promising "to take those tariffs off if we do phase two." The de-escalation of trade tensions between Washington and Beijing should go a long way towards reducing the uncertainty that has plagued the global economy for the past 18 ...