Economy
Too small to fail?
Coronavirus economic support has seen governments throw lifelines to businesses “too big to fail” but will it reach SMEs across Asia? 5 May 2020 | Kenneth Kang and Changyong Rhee, IMF Asia was hit hard […]
News
Finance
Essentially still bad news for the markets
While shares rose strongly early in the past week, they then fell sharply on the back of bad economic data, profit warnings, China-US tensions and profit taking after very strong gains in April 3 May […]
News
Should China be alone in facing an investigation?
The world is entitled to know the origins of COVID-19 and exactly how the outbreak was handled… by EVERY major nation 2 May 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein Thanks to a virus, transported in droplets just 0.005 […]
Comment
Turnbull says no Huawei “smoking gun”
Huawei Australia lawyers Nick Xenophon and Mark Davis report that Malcolm Turnbull’s memoir reveals no “smoking gun” to ban Huawei 5G on national security grounds. 1 May 2020 | Nick Xenophon & Mark Davis Since Huawei was banned by […]
Finance
There’s no short-term “super-size”
Why superannuation and growth assets have to be seen as long-term investments 29 April 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital When share markets plunge as they did into March the standard questions are: What caused the fall? […]
Comment
Has Australia finally embraced socialism?
Chinese business is under constant suspicion of trying to peddle influence in Australia, yet 15 out of Australia’s biggest 20 listed-companies are majority owned by US investors. Michael West asks who are the benefactors of […]
Economy
Australia’s big question. Open up or stay shut down?
A split between the nation’s economists is emerging over the immediate future of Australia’s COVID-19 lock-down 28 April 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein (Image: Mitchell Luo) Australia continues to defy the trend of major first-world nations, […]
Finance
Will listed sanitiser stocks clean up, or clean out, investors?
Tim Boreham writes, producers with even a whiff of alcohol are turning their hands to the, highly profitable for now, cause of sanitising yours 23 April 2020 | Tim Boreham, New Criterion (Image: Kelly Sikkema) […]
Comment
Who says China should pay?
The idea of making China pay COVID-19 reparations is just as absurd as the people making those calls 23 April 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein (Image: Annie Spratt) The history of the last century of global conflict […]
Culture
Transforming luxury brands into a digital experience
There are lessons for global consumer brands targeting Chinese consumers amidst the coronavirus disruption 21 April 2020 | Ruonan Zheng, Jing Daily As COVID-19 spreads around the world at unprecedented speeds, major luxury players have to react […]
Finance
Curve flattening but world still seeking shelter
Australia has seen positive signs emerging over COVID-19 infection rates but the prospect of an easing of lockdowns is tempered by dismal economic signals 10 April 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: Alex Block) Share markets, […]
Economy
Asia’s economic tiger won’t roar in 2020
Asia’s track record of growth in the face of economic crises is set to end with the IMF predicting zero GDP growth this year 17 April 2020 | Chang Yong Rhee, IMF (Image: Unsplash) This […]
Finance
Biggest downturn since the Great Depression
Latest IMF report attempts to quantify the economic fallout of COVID-19 15 April 2020 | Gita Gopinath, IMF The world has changed dramatically in the three months since the publication of the IMF’s World Economic […]
News
Sydney Morning Herald gives Qantas Freight’s crooked deal a free pass
In 2019 the SMH had documents proving Qantas chartered a cargo jet to a consortium financially backed by an international organised crime gang yet chose to ignore the story 14 April 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein […]
News
These are Australians, of Chinese descent, they need to be heard
Speaking out. Sixteen prominent Chinese-Australians sign an open letter calling on unity and racial tolerance in troubled times 13 April 2020 | | Marcus Reubenstein After weeks of harsh and unfair criticism – particularly in the […]