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Chief economist update: Crude oil slips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... President Trump administration is thinking of tapping into its Strategic Petroleum Reserve and the recent announcement that America would consider granting waivers to some Iranian oil buyers, should keep the oil market well-supplied and therefore, keep ...

Private equity firm closes $558m mining fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... targets investments base metals, metallurgical coal, and industrial and specialty minerals in Australia, Canada, South America and Africa. "It's an attractive market where we see in many jurisdictions the opportunity to secure projects that meet our ...

Infrastructure manager turns up the heat

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... as long-term stable cash flows and a focus on sustainability. Whitehelm head of infrastructure equity Europe and North America, Matteo Andreoletti, said district heating was an attractive market for the infrastructure manager. "Given the importance of ...

Chief economist update: Friday when the trade war began

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
Shots fired! Shots fired! The threat of a trade war became real on 6 July 2018, when at exactly 12:01 am (NY time), the US imposed a 25% tariff on US$34 billion of Chinese imports to which China immediately responded with a percent-for-percent and dollar-for-dollar ...

Investors sharpen watch on RMBS

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... 1980s. "What I do with my bond fund is I look at history and see what have been the worst defaults ever in the world. In America, they had the adjustable mortgage rate market, but in Australia there has never been a default. It probably won't happen," ...

Chief economist update: Minutes of concerns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
We're all much aware of the US Federal Reserve's optimistic outlook for America's economic growth, unemployment and inflation and that, as per the 13 June FOMC statement, the risks to this outlook "appear roughly balanced." However, the ...

Montgomery Global IM opens New York office, hires analyst

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... can ultimately sell the product to North American investors. So the [NY] office is also to see if we can raise funds in America," Buckland told Financial Standard. Montgomery Global is staffing the New York office with four professionals. It has hired ...

Chief economist update: Japan feels the heat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... hardly surprising given that the two major combatants - the United States and China - are its biggest trading partners. America accounts for 19% of Japan's total exports, China 18%. The diffusion index - rise minus fall -- of input prices in manufacturing ...

Chief economist update: Draining the swamp

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... the swamp." This was one of US President Donald Trump's battle cry when he was still campaigning for the top job in America. It looks like he's on his way to fulfilling this promise but instead, Trump's draining the rising global tide that ...

Chief economist update: It's always slow in America in Q1

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
The third and final estimate of US GDP growth showed the economy grew at an annualised rate of 2% in the first quarter of 2018. This is lower than market expectations and would be unchanged from the second estimate's 2.2% rate. While the slight ...