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Chief economist update: BOE lets peers do the heavy lifting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... stimulus derived from other major central banks' move towards lower interest rates (and fiscal relaxation in the case of China) should, in time, reverse the downward momentum in global economic growth that would lift all boats, including the UK. ...

Chief economist update: Fed plans for Trump contingency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... the Fed pause that was put in place in early 2019 should remain on pause. This makes sense given the recent positive US-China trade rhetoric. Then again, it could be that the Fed has gotten to understand Trump well enough and is thus, insuring against ...

Will financial advisers cease to exist?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... figure will grow to 1.2 million over the next 10 years. The markets expected to see the greatest growth are India (33%), China (26%), the UK (10%) and US (9%). "The asset management industry of the future may increasingly be driven by decisions in Asian ...

BetaShares launches new active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... of launch, including Alibaba, Tencent, Samsung Electronics and Ping An Insurance Group. Top allocations by country are in China (26%), South Korea (14.7%), Taiwan (10.9%), India (10.5%) and by sector are in financials (26.7%), information technology ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... America). Trump might get what he wants from the Fed too. For as IMF managing director Christine Lagarde recently warned: "US-China tariffs-including those implemented last year-could reduce global GDP by 0.5 percent in 2020. This amounts to a loss of ...

Chief economist update: Oil market slides from bull to bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... of continued easy policy by the central banks of the Eurozone and Japan, among others; and (at the time) hopes for a US-China trade deal, improving sentiment over the global growth outlook and therefore, oil demand. Taken alongside, supply disruptions/sanctions ...

Chief economist update: US recession in the offing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... reaction is to be expected particularly given Trump's latest bombshell comes in the midst of its escalating trade war with China. According to Bloomberg, Beijing has readied plans to restrict rare earth exports to America with Reuters reporting ...

Chief economist update: ECB exit proves premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... HICP inflation was expected to reach only 1.2% (from 1.8% previously) this year and 1.5% (from 1.6%) in 2020. Renewed US-China trade tensions and a looming one against Europe - Politico quotes European trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom warning EU ...

Liberal win stuns, ASX rallies: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... as the market's focus will return to fundamental factors like the ongoing trade and tariff tension between the US and China. The wider financial services industry welcomed the surprise Coalition victory, and for many it was business as usual. SuperConcepts ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... States would expand its ability to penalise countries that manipulate their currencies. The move, which could be aimed at China, Germany, South Korea and other countries, is likely to provoke controversy among foreign allies and could result in challenges ...