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Wall Street snubs the IMF

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
"The global growth projection for 2014 has been marked down by 0.3 percent to 3.4 percent, reflecting both the legacy of the weak first quarter, particularly in the United States, and a less optimistic outlook for several emerging markets. With somewhat ...

Crimea makes it domestic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
My, my... Crimea has just put a new twist in the turn of the Russia/Ukraine saga. Crimea's Parliament voted - unanimously if I may add - to secede from Ukraine and re-join Russia (which it was part of it till 1954). The Crimeans will get their say in ...

Reheating the cold war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... this is not a threat, this is actually a declaration of war to my country". And so there we have folks a new geopolitical risk for the financial markets. Not because the Ukraine and Russia may be going to war... but because the West, the US in particular ...

APRA releases data risk management guide

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released the final version of its prudential practice guide on the management of data risk. The 'Prudential Practice Guide CPG 235 Managing Data Risk' (CPG 235) is applicable to all APRA regulated ...

BofA: Fund managers appetite for risk growing

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... Respondents weren't overly positive, however, when it came to geopolitical risks with 69% of respondents viewing geopolitical risk as "above normal" compared to 48% last month. Other results showed asset allocators have further increased their exposure ...

Value has its risks in emerging markets

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
Recent volatility in global financial markets is causing institutional investors to increase allocations to emerging market equities but there are risks involved, according to an emerging markets specialist. Global emerging markets fund management firm ...

Bad news bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... which take away purchasing power and transfers wealth somewhere else," El-Erian said. There will be "higher geopolitical risk, which tends to diminish animal spirits and therefore impacts investments. From an economic perspective, it's important for ...

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... presented another source of worry. Yes, Virginia here's one more to add to your list of worries - it's called geopolitical risk. In George Bush Junior's time, they were Al Qaeda and Afghanistan and Saddam and Iraq. Last night, screens were flashing red ...

From ratchet to resilient: an economy in bloom

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... classes will provide good returns except, perhaps, long-term bonds and unlisted property. Looking beyond 2010, geopolitical risk will move up the list of things that could unstable markets everywhere. "If you look at the rise in terrorism, if you look ...

BT adds oil and gold to super portfolios

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
In a pivotal stance signalling the importance of oil and gold in superannuation portfolios, BT Financial Group has made key investment changes to its super products to include direct exposure to commodities. The firm completed its strategic asset allocation ...