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Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... indicates there will be more of the same. That is, onwards and upwards for the Middle Kingdom. In his opening address, President Xi Jinping reminded his audience of his "Chinese Dream" - the "great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation" and "making life ...

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
Love him or loathe him, Donald Trump remains the stuff of headlines going into and since he won the 8 November 2016 US presidential election. Reports abound about Trump versus Kim, Trump versus NATO, Trump versus the NFL, Trump versus Alec Baldwin and ...

Markets are stronger than Trump

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
Ariel Investments president Mellody Hobson believes market fundamentals are stronger than any current geopolitical volatility. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference on the Gold Coast, Hobson said ...

Republican Party-themed ETF launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... Responsible Investing' products. It will list under ticker code 'MAGA', which incidentally is an acronym for President Donald Trump's slogan 'make America great again' used during his 2016 presidential campaign. (The Republican Party is commonly referred ...

Trump and Kim go ballistic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... VIX up, equities down and bond yields lower. This was what I scribbled at the time: On his visit to Seoul, the US vice-president warned that: "The era of strategic patience is over. President Trump has made it clear that the patience of the United States ...

The Trump risk on global trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... cause or threaten to cause market disruption to the domestic producers of a like or directly competitive product, the President shall, in accordance with the provisions of this section, proclaim increased duties or other import restrictions with respect ...

Investors to benefit from $4tn US infrastructure bill

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... figure needed to overhaul infrastructure in the US, 80% will be funded by issuance of US municipal bonds. Standish Mellon president head of tax sensitive and insurance strategies Christine Todd said this created further diversification for offshore investors ...

Super funds condemn Trump climate withdrawal

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... Superannuation Investors (ACSI), representing $1.5 trillion in funds under management, has condemned US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the country from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Trump justified the withdrawal saying his administration ...

Good to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... next six months, pulled back by 4.3 percentage points to 30.0%." Good or bad, the survey also found that, "President Donald Trump is having a big influence on many investors' attitudes".

Latin America on institutional investment radar

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... is not even factoring the alliance's internal demands, he added. On Donald Trump, the investment manager noted the US President's recent confirmation that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will stand and Mexico's economy has since bounced. ...