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Credit Suisse promotes private banking specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... manager, becoming team leader in 2013 and market leader in 2017. He previously worked at Macquarie Group, the Royal Bank of Canada and Hambros Bank. He also served seven years in the British Army. In announcing the appointment, Wade said Marr brings ...

Aussie instos buy ex-US value story

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... sectors in the S&P 500 is materials yet it is the second largest in the MSCI EAFE Index - an index which excludes the US and Canada. Hartford adds Australian institutional investors such as superannuation funds and government-related funds have been ...

Chief economist update: No sweat says BOC on Trump tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... to Trump's not so subtle remarks. Our problem, Houston, is what happens in America does not stay there. The Bank of Canada (BOC) can thank its lucky stars there's no Trump to "guide" its policy decisions and more importantly, its next-door neighbour's ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... equal measures. These are just the headlined reports of the on-going battle over trade. America's also in a stoush with Canada, Mexico, Japan and the European Union, among others. But latest reports provide indications that Trump might be softening ...

Private equity firm closes $558m mining fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... Australia. Its strategy targets investments base metals, metallurgical coal, and industrial and specialty minerals in Australia, Canada, South America and Africa. "It's an attractive market where we see in many jurisdictions the opportunity to secure ...

Chief economist update: Friday when the trade war began

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... you Belgium plus some change. And this is just with America's war with China, there's still the European Union, Canada, Mexico and Japan. The history and numerous studies on the repercussions of a global trade war have only one conclusion, it's ...

Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... around comes around. The New York Tines reports that "China and Mexico have already retaliated with their own tariffs, and Canada, Japan and Turkey are readying similar offensives. The risk of escalation is high since Trump has promised even more tariffs." ...

Chief economist update: Trade war and peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... started with Trump revoking his endorsement of the agreed upon G7 communique (hours before) at the meeting held in Quebec, Canada. There's a lot in the communique they "agreed" on but Trump - and his tariffs - certainly wouldn't agree to point ...

Pension fund becomes green lender

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... bond, providing additional funding to increase its own green holdings. Claiming to be the first pension fund to do so, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) described the issuance of green bonds as a logical next step in its investment-focused ...

Now showing: Trump and Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... more telling is his change of mind to not 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 ...