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Chief economist update: The Grinch steals Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... worth of Chinese imports would be slapped as threatened. Argentina and Brazil may have to kowtow to Trump despite their currency depreciation being a result of the economic crises in their economies and not currency manipulation but China and France ...

Global fixed income trust launched

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... of opportunities to add value, including those involving global sector allocations, security selection, duration and currency management over a full market cycle," MFS said. MFS said the trust will focus on issuers located in developed markets, as well ...

First green bond ETF listed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... Bond ETF in Australia with a significant allocation to green bonds. The Sustainability Leaders Diversified Bond ETF - Currency Hedged (GBND) will track an index of green bonds issued by companies and governments that have been vetted to avoid exposure ...

Chief economist update: Weaker yen strengthening Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... ¥105.08 versus the US dollar and €116.08 against the Euro as investors sought cover in the safety of the Japanese currency. The US dollar has appreciated by 3.9% and the Euro by 3.7% against the yen since, and this comes despite the BOJ not lifting ...

The AUD is key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... interest rate cut on October 1." The A$/US$ is now back up to US$68.15. I've long been singing praises for a cheaper currency (except for when I'm planning an overseas trip). It's good in terms of underpinning growth in the domestic economy. ...

Perpetual Private awards bond mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... "Colchester provide our portfolios with a simplified and transparent exposure to an actively managed government bond and global currency strategy," Perpetual Private head of multi manager Theo Sofios said. Also commenting, Colchester's Australian head ...

Chief economist update: The A$ will answer the question of how much more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
... basically unchanged from November 6 when the technical assumptions were set. Not to mention the upside risk for the domestic currency if or when its peers implement greater policy accommodation. The RBA, itself, modelled the impact of the A$ appreciation/depreciation ...

Chief economist update: The yen to dictate if BOJ turns words into action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... sector (down to 49.7 from 52.8) since September 2016. So far so good, the BOJ is, in Bruce Lee's words, fighting (the currency war) without fighting. The yen's recent depreciation should help support Japan's economic growth and inflation ...

Chief economist update: Arrivederci Signor Draghi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... the euro from collapse in 2012-13". When he replaced Jean-Claude Trichet as ECB chief on 1 November 2011, the single currency region's economy was heading into a recession. Annual GDP sequentially slowed from a high of 2.8% in the March quarter of ...

China backs blockchain, Bitcoin soars

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
... Coin Offerings in 2017, with the nations' central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), working on its own digital currency. The sharp rise in bitcoin saw its value jump to over US$10,000 after Xi's remarks. The unexpected validation of blockchain ...