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Chief economist update: Eurozone growth slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... mice and men often go awry." It appears to be heading that way looking at the third quarter economic scorecard in the Eurozone. Advance estimates show that the single currency region's GDP grew by a mere 0.2% in the September quarter - half the previous ...

Macquarie, CFS top Aussie fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... growth rate in assets recorded by asset managers in the survey - this is particularly evident in Australia, Canada, the Eurozone, Japan and emerging markets such as Brazil and South Africa.

Australia behind when it comes to pay transparency: AXA IM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... stewardship report shows remuneration accounted for 68% of its votes against management in Australia, outstripping the Eurozone, Asia Pacific and North America. Global attention has moved away from solely focusing on aligning executive rewards with share ...

Chief economist update: Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
Yesterday's European Central Bank's (ECB) Governing Council meeting would have been a big ho-hum were it not for some minor, albeit significant, tweaks in the bank's outlook. As expected, the ECB left interest rates unchanged - the benchmark ...

Chief economist update: ECB on track for exit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... to 0.9% in June from 1.1% in May). However, he takes comfort in the recent "pick up in nominal wage growth across the Eurozone." When asked if the ECB is monitoring trade developments between the US and EU, Draghi replied: "It's too early to assess ...

Chief economist update: ECB cannot be any clearer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... surprises from the fiscal expansion in the US and very likely fiscal expansions, but this is more medium term, in the eurozone, in several countries in the eurozone." (Mario Draghi) Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... a 2.8% expansion and (using the same year-on-year measure) pushes the Australian economy ahead of the US (2.8%), the Eurozone (2.5%), the UK (1.2%) and Japan (1%). It's also the fastest growth rate since the June 2016 quarter (3.3%) when the domestic ...

Chief economist update: Capex and credit and the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Just when the threatening clouds of Quitaly and its negative repercussions on the whole of the Eurozone has dissipated, US President Donald Trump's trade protectionist policy in the name of American national security comes back to haunt. Not that ...

Chief economist update: "Quitaly"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... be held as early as July. The Five Star Movement campaigned on a proposed referendum on Italy's membership in the Eurozone (they were against it). Eurostat stats show that Greece accounts for only 1.2% of total EU GDP (as at 2016). Italy - the fourth ...

Chief economist update: Italy and Spain an emerging ECB problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... talks were not to proceed on June 12 in Singapore or some later date in some other place. Like many other nations, the Eurozone would be elated by the peace dividend this would bring - much like it did back when the Berlin Wall crumbled - and even more ...