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IFM Investors expands to Switzerland

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... its investments performed well. IFM Investors is owned by 27 major pension funds, with investment teams in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia that manage institutional strategies across infrastructure (equity and debt), debt investments, listed ...

Chief economist update: Blame and trim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... target. Fresh inflation indications that reached my desk after my report show that even pipeline inflation is easing. America is not importing inflationary pressures. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that US import prices slowed to an annual rate ...

Chief economist update: It wasn't me, it's the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
"The Fed is going wild. The problem in my opinion is Treasury and the Fed. The Fed is going loco and there's no reason for them to do it. I'm not happy about it." This was US president Donald Trump's take on the previous day's slump ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... that's failed to keep equities down. If ever, the recent rise in bond yields is a good omen. Recall the fear over America heading for a recession because of the flattening yield curve that's under threat of inverting? The yield differential between ...

Chief economist update: An Indian surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... between January and September this year - because of the country's dependence on oil imports. According to Bank of America Merrill Lynch currency strategist Rohit Garg: "In terms of oil impact, we believe 10% rise in oil causes headline inflation ...

NAFTA's dead, welcome USMCA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... steel and 10% on aluminium would remain. The US will allow both Canada and Mexico to export 2.6 million cars a year to America tariff-free - which is substantially above current rates. According to experts on NAFTA, the USMCA didn't offer any radical ...

Three down one to go, then another three in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
And so it came to pass. As expected, the US Federal Reserve lifted the fed funds rate target range by 25 basis points to 2.0%-2.25% following its two-day FOMC meeting on the 25th and 26th of September. US equities rallied immediately after the Fed's ...

Australia behind when it comes to pay transparency: AXA IM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... remuneration accounted for 68% of its votes against management in Australia, outstripping the Eurozone, Asia Pacific and North America. Global attention has moved away from solely focusing on aligning executive rewards with share price performance to ...

Pengana flags private equity LIT launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... assets under management. This includes US$5.23 trillion in private capital and US $3.58tn in hedge fund assets. North America and Europe-focused private capital funds hold the largest share of the private capital market and posted the strongest returns ...

Chief economist update: Trump's beggar thy neighbour policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... equity markets (including Wall Street) show that Trump's "beggar thy neighbour" policy could be starting to also beggar America. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist ...