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Gold rally continues to hit new highs

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... the renewed collapse in interest rates and bond yields," Oliver added. Gold therefore has further upside, he said, until central banks start to tighten and bond yields rise significantly. Similarly, Creagh believes both silver and gold will continue ...

Bond investor sues Australian government

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... investors. We all need to understand the risks we're taking," she said. O'Donnell grew up in Healesville in the Central Highlands region of Victoria which was impacted by the Black Saturday bushfires of 2009 and the bushfires at the start of ...

Banking crisis more likely in conflicted countries: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... where more than 40% of banking system loans were non-performing and the licence of one bank was suspended in 1994. In Central African Republic, bank non-performing loans increased to more than one-third of total loans and some banks became undercapitalised ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... restrictions. For those interested, applying the 'Taylor Rule' - "a monetary-policy rule that stipulates how much the central bank should change the nominal interest rate in response to changes in inflation, output, or other economic conditions" ...

Chief economist update: Gold 2000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
Gold prices have already been on the up and up last year, buoyed by major world central banks' about face towards a more accommodative policy - led by the US Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts (July, September and October 2019). Gold prices ...

Investment strategies need to change: GSFM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... 2009 was that a bounce would come, but it has been sooner and sharper than many expected," Cappetta said. "Government and central bank support has fuelled a price rebound which is now at odds with the uncertainty of our COVID economy. Valuations are ...

Chief economist update: No Karens in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... for a third wave in China cannot be dismissed given continuing growth of infections around the world. But China's central command has already proved in the first and second waves that they could quickly make the virus go away.

Citi adds to markets, custody leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... market volatility caused by the pandemic." McKerihan joined Salomon Brothers as a salesperson with responsibility for central banks in non-US dollar markets in 1989. She was appointed head of fixed income sales for Asia Pacific in 1999 moving to Hong ...

US pension funds form trading alliance

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... promote the interest of members in making the financing market more efficient and effective," he said. "We see GPFA as a central connection point to foster collaboration and information sharing within the buy-side community." The GPFA is expanding its ...

Chief economist update: US-China tensions escalate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... coronavirus to fry. US President Trump and China's leader Xi could smooch and make up tomorrow but governments and central banks and financial markets around the world would still be scrambling until the covid-19 pandemic becomes history. Besides ...