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Gender diversity remains static, women still disadvantaged

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... 2019, 14% of fund managers were women," it said. Some countries perform better than others, with Hong Kong, Singapore and Spain's fund managers being more than 20% female. However, the world's largest financial powerhouses remain below the global average ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 solves overtourism in Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... Kingdom (12 imported, one locally acquired), 12 cases in France (five imported, seven locally acquired), three cases in Spain (three imported), one case in Belgium (imported), one case in Finland (imported), one case in Sweden (imported). Six deaths ...

Link Group expands with Europe acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... and Ireland underpinned by longstanding customer relationships as well as a growing presence in the emerging markets of Spain, Greece and Cyprus." PES had total AUM of circa €40billion (AU$65 billion) and generated revenue of €92.9 million (AU$149.9 ...

Australia slips in global retirement ranks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... in 2023." "Along with Denmark, we are the first of a number of OECD countries to take this step - the United States and Spain are next in 2027." However, Natixis managing director for Australia Louise Watson pointed out that the gap between super balances ...

Chief economist update: Euro contagion redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, reflecting the stronger momentum in domestic demand and higher external demand. Growth in Spain, which has been well above potential, has been marked down slightly for 2018, reflecting the effects of increased political ...

Chief economist update: Emerging markets feel the heat as Turkey burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
Emerging markets continue to feel the heat from Turkey's roasting and so do several European countries. The European Central Bank (ECB) can only count its blessings that Turkey is not Greece. It has applied, but Turkey is not (yet) a member of the ...

Chief economist update: Turkey's roasted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... developing crisis in Turkey were it not for the problem of contagion. News reports reveal that some banks in France, Italy and Spain have debt exposure to Turkey. The deeper the Turkish lira dives, the less it's able to repay these debts. Ben Ong ...

Global regulation hub launched for asset managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... is currently available, including Austria, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the UK. Zeidler plans to release further jurisdictions in batches over the coming months, including Australia. ...

Chief economist update: "Quitaly"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... following Brexit and Grexit is becoming real. This time, it could be "Quitaly". There's also an emerging problem in Spain but, at this point, it's still early to call for a "Madriddance". The reason, as Factset put it succinctly: "Italian president ...

Chief economist update: Italy and Spain an emerging ECB problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... prudence with regard to monetary policy." The emerging political uncertainty in two of its bigger economies - Italy and Spain - suggests that the ECB might need more "patience, persistence and prudence." After gaining by as much as The Euro Stoxx-50 ...