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Tech selloff builds cash pile at Pengana

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... don't fluctuate with the markets," Cvetanovski said. It's making core placements, such as the gas distribution system in China, but taking opportunistic bets such as Dutch ETF maker Flow Traders which thrives on market volatility. The only no-go zone ...

Chief economist update: Japan's other war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... said it...Japan appears to be the one applying this dictum in the midst of the current trade war threat. While the US and China are in the midst of a game of poker - I'll see your US$50 billion "Made in China" proposed tariffs with a US$50 billion "reciprocal ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised global slowing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... manufacturing would continue threatening to derail the synchronised growth upswing. This has recently become more real with a China Commerce Ministry spokesman quoted as saying: "China will take equivalent measures on US goods at the same level and scale" ...

CBA mulls sale of Indonesian life business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... include its general insurance capabilities. At the time CBA announced it was also exploring options for its equity stake in China's BoComm Life Insurance which it acquired by way of a joint venture in 2010 with the nation's Bank of Communications.

Chief economist update: The survey says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
With China in the centre of US president Donald Trump's protectionist crosshairs, China needs the result of latest surveys on its economy like a hole in the head...or so it seems. In early March, China's purchasing managers' indices surveyed by both ...

Kim Ivey launches new boutique

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... region. Its first product, the Fury Fund, is a long/short Asian equity absolute return fund with an expected overweighting to China and Hong Kong. It will be made available to both local and international investors. Ivey said LSL will "offer investors ...

Chief economist update: It's not just the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... tariff on around US$60 billion of Chinese imports, with Factset reporting: "Trump reiterated his administration has told China it wants trade deficit [with China] reduced by $100 billion." China's retaliation was swift but modest. It announced just US$3 ...

Chief economist update: Dot tales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... outlook". More so given recent reports that Trump would announce an increase in tariffs on Chinese imports this week and that China is already considering slapping higher tariffs on US agricultural exports. Once again, ex-Fed chief Janet Yellen's caution ...

ABDO unveils top investment strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... returns, valuations demand fast growth, low inflation and low interest rates and sustainable profit margins and no problems in China, he said. These are a "very tall order" and will unlikely happen. Government bonds have done incredibly well since the ...

Top industry fund bets on DNA sequencing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... makes the world's only handheld DNA/RNA sequencing devices. Other major investors in the $140 million fundraising include China Construction Bank and Singapore's GIC. Hostplus' $27.5 million investment is part of a co-investment through the IP Group ...