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Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... House advisor Larry Kudlow announced that while "talks with China has stalled... sources suggest elements elsewhere in Beijing that want to get something done." Kudlow also "...highlighted good progress with Mexico and said he heard EU's Juncker ...

Chief economist update: Friday when the trade war began

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... US will implement tariffs on an additional US$16 billion worth of imports from China that would certainly be matched by Beijing, spurring Trump to make good on his threat to tax another US$500 billion worth of Chinese imports. To put this in perspective ...

Chief economist update: Shanghai's drop is China's problem, the yuan's slide is everyone's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... response and the MSCI emerging markets index fell by 10.6%. Speculations back then was that the depreciation would persist. Beijing tried to stem the slide by dipping into its reserves. But the fear at the time was that if it fails it would have to sell ...

Chief economist update: All Ords rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... regards to America's bilateral trade with China is a step in the right direction that thaws trade tensions not only with Beijing but with most of the US' trading partners... and what is good for China is good for Australia. The easing in trade ...

Chief economist update: Talking trade tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... meeting between the US delegates, led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and China, headed by Vice Premier Liu He, in Beijing. At this point, not many expect a substantial breakthrough in the negotiations given its limited 2-day schedule and of course ...

Global pension fund appoints APAC lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... (transactions). Chan is credited with leading the effort to establish Khazanah's presence in China, resulting in the opening of its Beijing office in 2008. It has opened an additional four regional offices since then. Based in Hong Kong, Ontario Teachers' ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised global slowing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... equivalent measures on US goods at the same level and scale" in anticipation of Trump's next wave of trade restrictions on Beijing." In addition, China's Foreign Ministry said that although China does not want a trade war, "...we will not be afraid of ...

Chief economist update: It's not just the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... reduced by $100 billion." China's retaliation was swift but modest. It announced just US$3 billion worth of US imports into Beijing, although media reports noted the Middle Kingdom is merely keeping its powder dry to give it more room to escalate the ...

Hedge fund sector flourishing: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... derivatives marketplace recently launched in Sydney, complementing its existing Asia-Pacific operations in Bangalore, Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore and Tokyo. CME Group is led by Simon Raybould, who was previously a non-executive director at CME ...

China trade deficit with Australia widens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... period. This comes despite the reduction in Chinese imports of iron ore and coal - Australia's top commodity exports - as Beijing proceeds with its on-going efforts to reduce over-capacity and improving the country's air quality, among others. China's ...