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Finding economic winners in an unpredictable world

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... but not seriously, but we should take him seriously and not literally." He stressed that while Trump was a man to watch, America was not the only looming political situation that investors should take note of. "The whole of Asia doesn't sit there thinking ...

One week delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... be because the strong US dollar - weaker non-US dollar currencies - is, in turn, indirectly supporting growth outside America, Japan and the Eurozone in particular. Growth in the bigger world economies is a welcome boost for Australia's export sector ...

From strength to strength

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... output commented on strengthening client demand, new product releases and improving underlying market conditions." Trump's "America First" policy should see gains in activity in the more domestically-orientated services sector when Markit releases its ...

Still unsure about POTUS 45

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... digress. I can add to the hundreds of thousands of speculations, guesses, suppositions and assumptions on the future of America - and the world - under POTUS45 but then again, like them they would be assumptions of suppositions of speculations (over ...

Second Sydney airport lacking investment return

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
Sydney Airport is unlikely to participate in building a second airport at 'Badgerys Creek' due to an extremely low return on investment in the early years, leaving questions over which infrastructure investors will commit to the project. A Standard ...

AMP Capital expands US distribution team

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... also opening a new office in Orange County, California in February. "Building a specialist distribution team in North America is a key part of AMP Capital's broader strategy and these appointments are a positive step towards delivering our global growth ...

Tax breaks drive China car sales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... 2015. But with the incentive removed on 31 December 2016, chances are auto purchases would stall as what happened when America's 'cash for clunkers" programme was ended. To soften the blow, Beijing announced last 15 December that small car buyers would ...

Energy fuels US cross-border inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
The price of goods and services bought and sold by America from its trading partners lifted in December - both largely driven by surging energy prices. US export prices rose by 0.3% in the month of December following a 0.1% dip in the previous month. ...

Fund administrator opens in Cayman Islands

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
An ASX-listed fund administrator opened an office in the Cayman Islands this week after receiving licence approval from the territory's monetary authority. MainstreamBPO said its board sees operations in the Cayman Islands as key to its global ambitions ...

Every American's turning optimist

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
The IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index continues to run of rising optimism in the United States following Trump's triumph at the November 2016 US presidential polls. The index - designed by the Investor's Business Daily (IBD) and TechnoMetrica Institute ...