Economic Update April 5th, 2021 Canada USA by Miranda - April 17, 2021April 19, 20210 Economic Data Canada In March, the unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent from 8.2 percent in the prior month. In February, headline inflation remained low at 1.1 percent year-over-year. However, energy inflation increased to 2.4 percent as energy prices surged. Overall, Canadian GDP grew by 0.7 percent in January, beating Statistics
PE & VC Trends in LATAM Private Equity South America by Bocconi Students PE Club - March 1, 20200 By Adem Abbas and Fabrizio Coccaro Initially posted on the BSPEC blog Introduction Last year, many investors began noticing Latin America for their large private equity and venture capital deals, often backed by the SoftBank group. With 20% of Softbank’s fund portfolio invested into countries such as Mexico and Colombia due to their
香港商业银行职业指南 Hong Kong 中文 by Zhang Ming - February 14, 2020February 16, 20200 作者为香港商业银行副总裁 尽管从新闻中可以看到 (就业問題),香港的商业银行仍然蓬勃发展。如果你上 LinkedIn，电子财务职业或indeed.com 的網站，你会发现大量的工作职位需要填补，从入门级到高级管理层。失业率很低，但也是因为没有足够的合格候选人。 8093
10 Implications of the Coronavirus on the Chinese Economy China Coronavirus Technology by Karl - February 13, 2020April 4, 20200 With parts translated from an article by 水木然 The 2019 novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, has been in the headlines for a few weeks. The deadly virus originated from Wuhan, Hubei right before Chinese New Year (CNY), and has since spread over China and subsequently the world. As of February 21st,
Greater Good Utilitarian Principles in China and Investing Implications China Equities by Matt - January 10, 2020January 10, 20200 The Chinese economy will continue to march on at 6% GDP growth per year – so by that logic, should it match or outperform the S&P 500 every year which represents the U.S. with 2% GDP growth (or global GDP growth)? Likewise, will the average Chinese stock move up in
China Stocks Investing: New Cold War and Bond Defaults China Fixed Income by Matt - January 7, 2020January 7, 20200 In this post, we continue to discuss themes to understand before investing in Chinese stocks in the 2020s. Investing Amidst the U.S. China Cold War If the current trajectory continues (steady growth at 6% per year) while the Chinese economy continues to decouple from the U.S., there may end up being positive
Investing in China – Key Things to Note China by Matt - January 6, 2020January 6, 20200 Beginning of possibly a series on getting your feet wet in Chinese investing China, despite the well documented decline in GDP growth to 6%, is still the largest contributor to global growth. After all, 6% of $15 trillion US is like growing by more than one Australia every year. A couple of
Interview with: Big 5 Commercial Banking New Grad – Interest Rates, Hours Canada Commercial Banking Credit Interview Series by Karl - December 31, 2019December 31, 20190 Where do commercial bankers usually take clients? Personally, not a lot of knowledge about that – it’s almost always the account manager that does all the wining and dining. I am aware that it’s quite common to get valued clients in the box seats of a hockey game. The account manager
Interview with: Big 5 Commercial Banking New Grad – Getting In, Training & Orientation, The Role Canada Commercial Banking Interview Series by Karl - December 31, 2019December 31, 20190 How many commercial banking new grads are hired every year by the Canadian banks? In short, it varies. I know that CIBC and TD hire under 10 people per year. But on average, about 10 – 15 people per year. However, there is some occasional year-round/off-cycle hiring when someone quits/get promoted,
Hong Kong Protests and Investing Fallout China Hong Kong by Matt - December 31, 2019December 31, 20190 Happy New Year. Hong Kong as a Financial Capital Due to the disproportionate coverage of the current social disruption in Hong Kong being the tip of the iceberg for cooling U.S.-China relations, investors are curious about what this means in terms of China as an investable market. As well, our readers are