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Chief economist update: China's great leap forward 70 years in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
China's come a long way, baby! 1 October 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The Politburo has much to celebrate and boast about. It didn't happen overnight, but it did happen. Chairman Mao ...

Clime Capital settles class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
Clime Capital has settled a Federal Court class action in principle for an agreed sum of $8.3 million. Backed by IMF Bentham, Clime told shareholders it was pleased the in-principle settlement has been reached with UGL, a firm that provides engineering ...

Short-seller knife twist for YouTube fundie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... Woodford was responsible for Invesco's initial investment in Burford. Meanwhile in Australia, dispute resolution financier IMF Bentham was forced to comment on the share price movement of its rival Burford. IMF Bentham chief executive Andrew Saker ...

Chief economist update: RBA heading to zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... depreciating but now that it has allowed market forces to discover the currency's true value. As The Economist explains: "The IMF, which monitors countries' external imbalances, recently concluded that China's external position was broadly ...

MLC faces class action over adviser fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
IMF Bentham and William Roberts Lawyers will bring a class action against MLC's super fund trustee NULIS Nominees relating to excess fees charged to members for adviser commissions. IMF Bentham and William Roberts will allege NULIS breached its ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... Beijing (and indirectly to all other countries that trades with America). Trump might get what he wants from the Fed too. For as IMF managing director Christine Lagarde recently warned: "US-China tariffs-including those implemented last year-could reduce ...

Chief economist update: Oil market slides from bull to bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... global GDP growth forecasts to 2.6% this year (from 2.9% it predicted in January) and 2.7% (from 2.8%) in 2020. Similarly, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde warned that, "US-China tariffs-including those implemented last year-could reduce global ...

Chief economist update: A tariff for a tariff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
"If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War Trump must be fuming and scratching his golden hair. Not that China retaliated ...

Chief economist update: Equity market rally has legs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... downgraded its 2019 world economic growth forecast to 3.3% (from 3.5% in its January 2019 outlook and 3.7% in October 2018) - the IMF enumerated these downside risks. "Tensions in trade policy could flare up again and play out in other areas (such as ...

Chief economist update: AUD misdirection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... the Australian dollar would depreciate by the end of 2019 have been given a boost by the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) 'World Economic Outlook, April' report where it shaved its world GDP growth forecast to 3.3% this year - down from ...