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Chief economist update: So much Brexit uncertainty, so little time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... per Factset: "May also facing a potential no-confidence vote as an increasing number of Tories are trying to oust her (Reuters, the Times). Sterling trading at 20-month lows amid the rising Brexit uncertainty as PM May faces difficulties to sell the ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... expansion, the yield curve brings not so good tidings. Not surprisingly, commodity prices have been dropping. The Thomson Reuters/CoreCommodity CRB Commodity Total Return Index has fallen by 4.8% this year to date. The slowdown in China and the decline ...

Chief economist update: The winter of Australia's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
It would be the winter of Australia's agriculture sector if Rabobank's 'Winter Crop Production Outlook' report is any guide. The specialist agribusiness bank predicts that the country's national harvest would drop by 23% in the 2018/19 ...

Advice dealer group takes out governance award

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... compliance, risk, ethics and governance in their organisation." Westpac, NAB, ANZ, AMP, Commonwealth Bank, AIA and Thomson Reuters are principle members of the institute. Elders has just joined IOOF as part of the group's acquisition of ANZ Wealth's ...

Chief economist update: China shares inclusion in MSCI is a blessing and a curse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... Index and MSCI China Index - a culmination and fulfilment of MSCI's announcement made one year before. According to Reuters, the 234 China A-share companies have a combined market capitalisation of $21.969 billion. They will represent aggregate weights ...

Chief economist update: Emerging markets feel the heat as Turkey burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... a mix of local and foreign currencies." Deeper still, below is the list of banks most exposed to Turkey as compiled by Reuters: "Spain's BBVA (BBVA.MC), Italy's UniCredit (CRDI.MI), France's BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA), Dutch bank ING (INGA.AS) ...

Chief economist update: Friday when the trade war began

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... 2.6 million American jobs at risk". (CNN Money). It may not come to that for it looks like Trump's getting results. Reuters reports German Chancellor Angela Merkel saying that "she would back a lowering of European Union levies on imports of US cars". ...

Avaloq expands Australian footprint, appoints senior roles

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... (global) and prior to that was head of asset and wealth management operations (Asia). Land joined Avaloq from Thomson Reuters, where he was head of market development Pacific and head of market development buyside Asia. His previous roles include head ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... Index and MSCI China Index - a culmination and fulfilment of MSCI's announcement made one year before. According to Reuters, the 234 China A-share companies have a combined market capitalisation of $21.969 billion. They will represent aggregate weights ...

More victims of financial crime in APAC: Reuters

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
The latest financial crime research from Thomson Reuters found companies in Asia Pacific experienced financial crime above the global level. The survey found that globally 47% of companies had fallen victim to financial crime, however regionally, APAC ...