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Chief economist update: This rebound is brought to you by the letter V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... trade war with Trump. America threatened to impose additional tariffs worth around US$3.1 billion of exports from France, Germany, Spain and the UK. That, or they could wait until saner minds prevail at the November 2020 US presidential elections. Else ...

Amazon launches climate VC fund

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... Climate Fund in reforestation projects around the world, including one in the Appalachians in the US and one in Berlin, Germany. Amazon has also reduced the weight of outbound packaging by 33% since 2015, eliminating 880,000 tons of packaging materia ...

Australia lagging on robo-advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... emerged from Investment Trends latest Robo-advice Report, which surveyed around 20,000 online investors in the US, UK, Germany, France, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia to find that not only is Australia struggling with adapting, it is being left behind ...

Pessimism strikes Australia, US optimistic

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... 37% and the MSCI posted a loss of 40.33%. Australian financial professionals, as well as those in Hong Kong, Italy and Germany, are notably pessimistic about stock performance in their own market, projecting double digit losses for the year. The report ...

Chief economist update: The ECB's PEPP economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... compared to the first quarter" and "to slump by almost 9% in 2020." The grim(er) growth forecast has already prompted Germany -- the poster boy of fiscal responsibility - to announce a €130 billion fiscal stimulus package - more than the expected €80-€100 ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession - the next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... Australia's 0.3% contraction in the March 2020 quarter is top of the pops compared with the US (-1.3%), the Eurozone (-3.8%), Germany (-2.2%), France (-5.3%), Italy (-5.3), Japan (-0.9%), the UK (-2.0) and China (-9.8%). This justifies the Reserve ...

Kyckr to raise $10m, rich lister on board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... founder of WiseTech Global and took a 19.6% stake in Kyckr last year during a placement. Kyckr's recent client wins include Germany's CommerzBank and Citigroup. It said it will put the money towards building its enterprise sales team and on product development. ...

Investors pile into companies on life support

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... into heavily sold-off sectors. Today, markets have dropped on fears of a second wave, with news of fresh cases in Wuhan, Germany and South Korea erasing yesterday's gains. Stocks that led the charge on Monday are now bleeding red. So were Aussie ...

Chief economist update: Easing does it (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... visited five clubs and bars in a popular Seoul neighborhood, health officials said." Coronavirus spread accelerates again in Germany (Reuters) "BERLIN (Reuters) -- New coronavirus infections are accelerating again in Germany just days after its leaders ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone good news to get worse before it gets better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... gently eased lockdown and social distancing restrictions, among them the single currency region's biggest economies - Germany, France, Italy and Spain. This relative optimism is reflected in the sharp drop in the VStoxx (Euro Stoxx 50 Volatility ...