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Chief economist update: Bah humbug

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... contraction....and then came Trump's tweet: "Brazil and Argentina have been presiding over a massive devaluation of their currencies. which is not good for our farmers. Therefore, effective immediately, I will restore the Tariffs on all Steel & Aluminum ...

J.P. Morgan predicts extended income squeeze

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... filling the pool of income generating assets and improving risk-adjusted returns." Cash return forecasts in most major currencies were assessed by J.P. Morgan as lower. It said interest rates will be lower across major G4 markets and extend the time ...

Perpetual Private awards bond mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... yield approach, selecting sovereign markets with high real yields and strong financial stability as well as attractive currencies based on real exchange rates and balance sheet strength, Colchester said. "Colchester provide our portfolios with a simplified ...

China backs blockchain, Bitcoin soars

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
... innovative and industrial aspects of this emerging field," Xi said. The PBOC began research into the use of virtual currencies back in 2014 in a bid to reduce the costs of circulating traditional physical currencies. Xi said the technology could be applied ...

Robeco launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... strategy brings together Robeco's strengths in sustainability and factor investing - in credits, equities, commodities, currencies - in an absolute return structure. "This liquid alternatives strategy has low correlation with traditional asset classes ...

Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... Argentina). These mounting uncertainties have pushed investors into safe haven assets such as longer-term bonds and currencies like the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen. Ahh yes, the Japanese yen - except for its mini-me trade war with South Korea, where ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... to purchase longer-term bonds (despite their low, and in some, negative yields); the US dollar is up but safehaven currencies such as the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen are upper; gold's in, copper is out. Even central banks are busily preparing ...

Chief economist update: Global easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... well and truly underway with many central banks now lowering their target interest rates to cheapen their respective currencies, led by Trump who wants the Fed to cut interest rates by a lot more to lower the US dollar exchange rate. And even before ...

Chief economist update: Race to the bottom redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... said. Meanwhile, the BOT said: "The Committee expressed concerns over the baht appreciation against trading partner currencies, which might affect the economy to a larger degree amid intensifying trade tensions." The RBI? "Domestic economic activity ...

HUB24 launches multi-currency functionality

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
Investment managers are now able to include up to 10 foreign currencies when implementing managed portfolio investment strategies on HUB24 with the platform's new multi-currency functionality. The new function will be available within international ...