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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... and reflating world economy should underpin improvement going forward. Eurozone ECB policy decision As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept its monetary policy unchanged - repo rate at 0%; deposit rate at -0.4%; marginal lending rate at 0.25% ...

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... The euro has fallen by around 1.0% against the US dollar following the news and futures market are pointing to lower European and US equity markets when they open later today. But whether this is a knee-jerk reaction that would later on correct (as in ...

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... (for this is just what they are now) brings to the US Federal Reserve - onwards towards policy normalisation - and the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan - succour to their quest for a lower exchange rate that would boost growth and inflation. ...

European hedge fund business sold to Aussie administrator

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... administrator looking to continue its growth strategy and expanding global footprint. ASX-listed MainstreamBPO is purchasing the European arm of Alter Domus' hedge fund administration business. It mirrors MainstreamBPO's purchase of Alter Domus' Asia-Pacific ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... - the highest since December 2015 (minus 5.7) - from minus 8 in the previous month, supporting speculations that the European Central Bank (ECB) will remain on hold, at least for the duration of this year. UK industrial trends The Confederation of British ...

Investors driving impact demand

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... investment. This transformation has encouraged a growing demand from both institutional and retail investors. In fact the 2016 European SRI Study found that between 2013-2015 retail impact investments in Europe had grown from 20269 to 96239, that's a ...

Trump's helping hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... weeks should help contain inflation -- the same US dollar strength that's also aiding the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the European Central Bank's (ECB) quest towards faster growth and higher inflation. The euro is down 2.6% versus the greenback this year ...

Markets fear Trump effect on global trade

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... government: the S&P500 shed about 3% over the past nine trading days; the ASX200 has shed 4.6% over the last two weeks, the pan-European Stoxx 600 index fell to its lowest point since early July and in Japan, the Nikkei 225 dropped 3.1% by end of last ...

Foreign instos keen on Aussie real estate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... industrial real estate from Asian institutions globally, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC recently made the largest European real estate transaction this year - acquiring P3 Logistics Parks for A$3.4 billion. Dogan said retail property in Australia ...

Vanguard execs head to US

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... Tokyo offices. "Matthew joined Vanguard Australia in 2014, bringing with him diverse experience gained in Vanguard's European and Asian offices. He will be a valuable addition to the Australian executive team as we continue to build out our offering ...