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Chief economist update: Fairy tales can come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... won the Australian Federal election - and look set to form a majority government - amid early polls that showed a Labor victory. I'm not going into the why's and wherefore's of the Federal contest - there's enough of them in the print ...

Chief economist update: Trump tweets bull market back into China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... Chinese yuan's currently trading at around CNY6.6891 per US$1. The financial markets' reaction validates Trump's victory on the trade war with China. Trump 1, China 0. Then again, maybe not. For if Trump's just-announced ceasefire turns ...

Chief economist update: disUnited Kingdom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... all this when in February 2016, he announced the 23 June 2016 Brexit referendum, fresh from the Conservative Party's victory in the 7 May 2015 general elections, that gave him confidence enough that the vote would be against Brexit and in turn, silence ...

Chief economist update: The clown in the White House

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... up around us, Paris is burning and China way down, the Fed is even considering yet another interest rate hike. Take the Victory!" Nah, the Fed's not even considering it, it's a done deal! Based on the latest CME FedWatch Tool, it's in the ...

ALP victory to have meaningful impact: Daintree

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
With a Labor victory in next year's Federal Election seemingly firming, a Daintree Capital director is calling on professional investors to prepare for a change in government, and the policies to come with it. Speaking at a media briefing yesterday ...

Chief economist update: Stability is doing it for Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... developments pointing to continued stability --in government and monetary policy. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's victory in the just-concluded ruling party leadership vote indicates the continued progression on 'Abenomics'. At the same time, the ...

Fossil fuelled Ireland to divest for climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... practicable." Trocaire, the Irish Catholic aid organisation that spearheaded the campaign for the bill, welcomed the lower house victory. Trocaire executive director Eamonn Meehan said the passing of the bill demonstrates the proposed reform is both ...

Pacific Current invests $95m in US firm, sells Aussie infrastructure stake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... an Australian infrastructure manager. The global multi-boutique firm has invested $94.6 million in $4.3 billion manager Victory Park Capital; a Chicago-based alternative investment firm providing private debt, credit and equity solutions. The acquisition ...

Robo-adviser crashes during Wall Street selloff

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... stocks on the London Stock Exchange) declined 3.15%, but then finished the week up 1.99%. "Similarly, after the Trump victory in November 2016, the futures for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average indexes fell by over 4%. In both cases, markets ...

Un-Keynesian

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... immediate implication is that the Fed could raise interest rates more aggressively than expected. Recall that since Trump's victory, the Fed has treated Trump's promised reflationary policies as "upside risks". This is one case when America could learn ...