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Chief economist update: Draining the swamp

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... relative to their 2018 highs: the euro's down by 7.4%; the pound's down by 8.6%; the yen's down by 2.5%; and the Canadian dollar's down by 7.5%. Not to mention, the sharp drops in emerging market currencies like the Argentinian peso (down ...

Chief economist update: Trade war and peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... strive to reduce tariff barriers, non-tariff barriers and subsidies." How could anyone, even Trump himself, sign on that! Canadian PM's Justin Trudeau's statement that US tariffs were "kind of insulting", gave him the exit he desired. There was ...

Now showing: Trump and Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... endorse the Communique agreed upon over the weekend's G7 Summit in Quebec, Canada (just because he felt insulted by Canadian PM Trudeau's post-meeting news conference). If Trump can't agree to disagree with his allies... Ben Ong is the Director ...

Instos partner with Canadian government

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
Several global institutional investors representing more than $7 trillion in assets have joined with the Canadian government to invest in gender equality and infrastructure in emerging and frontier markets. In partnership with the Canadian government ...

Citi launches currency product, targets HNW investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... and hassle, Machet said. Currencies in the GCA currently include the Australian Dollar, US Dollar, British Pound, Euro, Canadian Dollar, Hong Kong Dollar, Japanese Yen, New Zealand Dollar, Singapore Dollar and the Swiss Franc, and there is potential ...

Water risk infiltrates agriculture portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... the agriculture industry has attracted more than $1.6 billion from superannuation funds, and caught the eye of major Canadian and US pension funds which have ploughed more than $1 billion to the sector since 2007. Tim Lee, a partner of the food and agribusiness ...

Nomura appoints Australian president

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... computing can speed up calculations and select investment mixes for its asset management businesses. It will use the Canadian D-wave quantum computer, which it says is considerably faster than conventional computers. In another company update earlier ...

Chief economist update: Trump spoils for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... of key economic data Already, America's major trading "partners" are fighting back: "Should restrictions be imposed on Canadian steel and aluminium products, Canada will take responsive measures to defend its trade interests and workers," Canadian Minister ...

BetaShares shareholder buys $13 billion fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... Asset with an anchor presence in the US for its existing ETF businesses. In addition to BetaShares, Mirae Asset owns Canadian provider Horizons and Asia's Tiger ETF. Under the agreement, Global X will continue to operate under its existing brand and ...

Thomson Reuters sells analytics business to institutional investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
A Canadian pension fund, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund and a global private equity giant have purchased a stake in Thomson Reuters' Financial and Risk business. Private equity funds managed by Blackstone, together with the Canada Pension Plan Investment ...