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Trump and Kim go ballistic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
I'll see your "fire and fury" and raise you Guam. Yes Virginia, that's Trump and Kim going ballistic once again as they play high stakes ICBM poker. Who will be the first to blink and fold? From what we already know of each players' character and temperament ...

MetLife restructures US and UK operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... vice president Eric Steigerwalt. Companies under the Brighthouse banner include MetLife Insurance Company USA, General American Life Insurance Company, Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company and several other subsidiaries that have reinsured risks ...

JB Financial enters buyout mode

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... division as well." Finally, the company is looking to acquire "specific assets" in the retail currency exchange business of American Express Wholesale Currency Services via a non-binding commercial term sheet. The terms include JB Financial accepting ...

AMP Capital makes key infrastructure hire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... AMP Capital's New York office from Oaktree Capital Management, where he was a senior vice president overseeing North American transportation, logistics and public-private partnership investments. Before that, he was a principal at New York private equity ...

Super funds condemn Trump climate withdrawal

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... country from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Trump justified the withdrawal saying his administration was "putting American jobs first," adding: "Our government rushed to join international agreements where the United States pays the costs and ...

Good to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... rise above or near record highs. And this, despite what's generally considered as expensive valuation. If the latest American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) survey (week ending 24 May) is any indication, further appreciation in US equities ...

Property investment manager broadens regional presence

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... estate debt investment strategies globally," Gruver said. Heitman serves a global client base with clients from North American, European, Middle Eastern and Asia-Pacific institutions, pension plans, foundations and corporations and individual investors. ...

Latin America on institutional investment radar

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... 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. "Even if, by rare chance, the US does restrict ...

HSBC rolls out Apple Pay

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... is expecting a successful launch in Australia. Apple Pay has partnered with 50 banks and card issuers including ING, American Express, Macquarie and ANZ. In March, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission denied the Commonwealth Bank of Australia ...

100 days of Trump (and counting)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
The 29th of April 2017 marked the first 100 days since Donald Trump was sworn in as chief executive of America, Inc. "Donald, you're fired!" should be what Americans tell him if poll ratings are anything to go by. In her piece on al.com, Leada Gore ...