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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 ...

Chief economist update: All Ords rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... on steel imports and 10% on aluminium. This has led to tit-for-tat threats with other countries, most specifically with China. But the tide has (or appears to have) turned. It turned after Trump announced on Twitter that, "ZTE, the large Chinese phone ...

Tech is all upside for insurance: HSBC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... claims experiences in the Chinese market. These claims seem to echo statements of recent years about the uptake of fintech in China. In 2015, KPMG partnered with H2 ventures to release the Fintech 100 report, ranking leaders alongside 50 emerging companies. ...

Regtech scores deal with US bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... quarter, an increase of 6% over previous quarter. It also extended its data capabilities to countries including Russia and China. The management is advancing commercial discussions with several large enterprise customers, in an attempt to raise its profile ...

Chief economist update: Talking trade tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
After the US-China "my tariffs are broader and bigger than yours" tit-for-tat, it's time for talks to bargain, hassle, negotiate and compromise. It's been nearly a month since America and China have exchanged tariff threats amounting to US$50 billion ...

Norway dominates sovereign wealth funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... US$866 billion over the period; GPFG accounted for one-fifth of this amount. Coming second place with US$900 billion is China Investment Corporation (CIC), which posted strong AUM growth, largely boosted by recent stronger-than-expected Chinese economic ...