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Westpac names independent director

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... region. Prior to HSBC, Fung held a number of roles at Standard Chartered Bank. She is currently a non-executive director of China Construction Bank Corporation, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Hang Lung Properties and the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation. ...

Chief economist update: No sweat says BOC on Trump tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
US President Donald Trump has again upped the rhetoric against China (which of course, brought back trepidation over an escalation of the trade war) and most recently he went on attack against his own central bank - the US Federal Reserve. Apparently ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... followed by a 25% tariff on US$34 billion worth of Chinese shipments to the US (and another US$200 billion of imports from China to be taxed soon). Not surprisingly, China retaliated in equal measures. These are just the headlined reports of the on-going ...

Sovereign investors change tack: Invesco

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... bank reserve managers across the globe representing $17 trillion of assets. Invesco chief executive officer for Greater China, Southeast Asia and Korea, Terry Pan said that global sovereign investors have made clear their interest in equity exposure ...

Chief economist update: Friday when the trade war began

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... July 2018, when at exactly 12:01 am (NY time), the US imposed a 25% tariff on US$34 billion of Chinese imports to which China immediately responded with a percent-for-percent and dollar-for-dollar border tax of its own on "Made in the USA" produce. This ...

HSBC quietly exits financial advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... strengthening the Hong Kong operation and investing in wealth, which includes insurance and asset management. Supporting the China-led Belt and Road Initiative and a low carbon economy is also on the agenda. In Australia, HSBC said it will focus on growing ...

Chief economist update: Japan feels the heat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... growth and recovery in all countries, and we are beginning to see this reflected in some forward-looking indicators..." While China - and its bear market in equities and the depreciating yuan - will immediately come to mind, Japan's also taking a ...

Advisory and wealth firm appoints chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... competition re-shape the way services are delivered," he said. "With an extensive footprint in Australia, New Zealand and China, Bentleys is well-placed to capitalise in this changing environment. "In addition, our relationship with Kreston provides ...

Chief economist update: Shanghai's drop is China's problem, the yuan's slide is everyone's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... over impact." Those who still remember their history will recall that time in August 2015 when the People's Bank of China (PBOC) devalued the yuan from 6.21 to 6.40 per one yankee dollar. The MSCI world index dropped by 10% in response and the MSCI ...

Chief economist update: Chinese dragon now a bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? If we're talking about the US and China, it appears that the answer is that the immovable object (China) drops. China's Shanghai Composite index dropped to 2844.51 points from ...