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Zurich identifies investment megatrends

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... technology and science, as well as economic and demographic shifts - which are "fundamentally changing the fabric of modern economies." The megatrends include: "The Connected Consumer", which deals with mobile technology, wearable devices, and the on-demand ...

From Greece's frying pan into China's fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... economy, there goes the biggest consumer of commodities - reason behind the tumble in commodity prices - there goes the economies of commodity producing/exporting countries, there goes national income and global demand, there goes global growth. But ...

A Greek offer that cannot be refused

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... substitute for the previous mechanism of appreciation or depreciation of the national currency of the stronger/weaker economies, respectively." There you go, Alexis... your problem now becomes their problem... and it's all perfectly legal and it is every ...

Euro - another experiment doomed to fail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... sure. For apart from the negative contagion in the financial markets and their negative consequences on the individual economies of the Eurozone, what is at greater risk is the very existence of the single currency experiment. Like the European exchange ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... dubbed them the PIIGS. Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain were the ugly ducklings of Europe. They had inefficient economies, had been relying on EU funding and were heavily indebted. Today, most investors see an opportunity in the so-called European ...

Over-reliant bank lending slows OECD economic growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... week Fitch Ratings said a continued slowdown and rebalancing in China, high corporate and household leverage in several economies, and looming US rate rises create a potentially challenging risk environment for emerging Asia-Pacific financial systems ...

Australia lagging in Asia-Pacific financial relationships

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... capital, and the source of Australia's substantial cross-border banking claims," he said. A Finsia statement said the major economies of Asia feature some of the most restrictive regulatory and legal regimes in both commercial banking and insurance compared ...

Winter of our discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... of this year from 0.5% in the final three months of 2014. This was driven by significantly slower growth in the big economies of the US to plus 0.1% -- before last Friday's revision to minus 0.2% quarter on quarter -- from 0.5% in Q4 2014; Germany to ...

Bond bears out of hibernation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... May and go away" aphorism doesn't necessarily apply to it. But here we are, 10-year bond yields in the world's major economies are rising, which means bond prices are falling, which means bond investors are losing. The financial presses are filled with ...

Negative Chinese news clouding opportunity: Wells Capital

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... growth stories, Shimada said there is actually a greater selection of dividend payers than you tend to see in Western economies. "A lot of the dividend payers in the developed world are ex-growth and it's often confined to the utilities, infrastructure ...