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Hong Kong financial hub status at risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... States laws in the same manner as US laws were applied to Hong Kong before July 1997," Pompeo said in a statement to US Congress. The statement comes after Beijing announced its move to impost Chinese national security laws in Hong Kong, which aim to ...

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... March and April - central command has moved to prevent a repeat of last year's protests. At the National People's Congress (NPC) held on May 22, Premier Li Keqiang announced its intent to improve national security in Hong Kong (if it sounds familiar ...

KKR company cut doctors pay during pandemic

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... facing fire overseas over an earlier deal. In 2018 it acquired Envision Healthcare for US $9.9 billion. US member of congress Katie Porter and US senator Elizabeth Warren recently wrote to KKR co-chief executives Henry Kravis and George Roberts, expressing ...

The great fall of China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... pandemic not prompted the powers-that-be into postponing (to later this year) the annual meetings of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) - scheduled for early March - used as a rubberstamped ...

Whistleblowers rewarded US $570k

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... whistleblowing since issuing its first award in 2012. All payments are made out of an investor protection fund established by US congress that is financed entirely through monetary sanctions paid to the SEC by securities law violators. Separately, the ...

US senators in alleged COVID-19 insider trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... crisis." "They didn't mobilise to help families, or prep response. They dumped stock." She later tweeted that members of Congress should not be allowed to own individual stock. "We are here to serve the public, not to profiteer. It's shocking that it's ...

World rolls out stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... cheques to the American people. Following the Federal Reserve unleashing quantitative easing measures, Trump called on Congress to approve his stimulus package as quickly as possible. Over in the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his government's ...

CalPERS investment lead targeted by Congressman

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
A US congressman has called for the chief investment officer of America's largest pension fund to be fired. In a series of tweets and interviews, Indiana Congressman Jim Banks has urged for the sacking of CalPERS chief investment officer Yu Ben Meng ...

Chief economist update: It's the US consumer, stupid me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
Uh-oh, I may have to put the letters "W" and "R" in front of my last name (Ong) cause that's what my last prognosis for the US economy and the Fed's response is turning out to be. I've been among those pencilling in a recession when the ...

New boutique launches with Channel Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... about three years ago. Sali, earlier this month, made an appearance at the Financial Planning Association's annual Congress in Melbourne. Crossing over from Light Warrior is former Goldman Sachs investor Matthew Tominc, as the new boutique's ...