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Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... Australia from its tariffs but if Trump's protectionist policies escalate into a global trade war, particularly with China - Australia's biggest export client - the consequent growth slowdown in our trading partners would also impact on the domestic ...

Chief economist update: China's neo-great leap forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... when MSCI included Chinese A-shares into its benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets Index, MSCI All Country World Index and MSCI China Index - a culmination and fulfilment of MSCI's announcement made one year before. According to Reuters, the 234 China ...

Chief economist update: "Quitaly"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
Move over China and North Korea, you too Iran and Israel, a new old crisis has come back to town...and it could be bigger. While the financial market world still haven't seen the end game of US President Donald Trump's protectionist trade policies ...

Chief economist update: Should have sold in May and gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... negotiations with the European Union, Canada and Mexico are still in progress until the June 1 deadline. Trade negotiations with China are also underway. There's the uncertainty over the US-North Korea summit, the rise in oil prices (because Trump ...

Robeco wins two mandates worth $500m

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... and Oceania to about $4 billion. Separately, Robeco recently spoke to Financial Standard about how the sheer size of the China A-share equity market, along with China's shifting economic profile, will have a tremendous impact on emerging markets ...

Chief economist update: Italy and Spain an emerging ECB problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
Geo-politics remain the talk of the financial markets as Trump's rolling circus again came to the fore with his flip-flop-flip over the US-North Korean summit - just a day after Trump cancelled the summit, he declared it back on again. Make what ...

Chief economist update: Erdogan's Turkey is cooked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... re-election at the June 24 poll. Sure, his low interest rate policy has produced an economy that is growing faster than China - GDP grew at 7.3% in the year to the December quarter - to the point of overheating that it's lifting inflation. Turkey's ...

CBA sells interests in Chinese insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
... the capital contribution. This will increase by 18 basis points upon completion. The sale is subject to approval by the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, Chinese merger clearance and completion of the capital increase. The completion ...

Chief economist update: Wisdom of the crowd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
... in which the economy is strengthening and income growth is also picking up". But back to the point. Optimism over the US-China trade deal and that of NAFTA and the Trump-Kim meeting sent equity markets up in the week ended 11 May 2018 - S&P 500 up 2.4% ...

Blue Sky short seller launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... will conduct investigative research on public companies in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. Aandahl thinks Asia and China in particular are at the epicentre of global innovation and critical to driving economic growth across the world. "With that ...