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We cannot underestimate humans: Sicilia

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... you're a millennial you typically think that democracy isn't working the way it should. So what's causing this - what caused Trump, Brexit and Macron?" Sicilia said. He explained political correctness is one area that stifles public debate and it becomes ...

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 ...

Transparency to the max

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... markets closed stronger. These, despite the escalation of US-North Korean tensions (and this time, it became personal between Trump and Jong-Un); S&P's downgrade of China's credit rating; distortions caused by the hurricanes; elections in New Zealand ...

Latin America: the best-kept investment secret

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... the attractive characteristics of the region, Botero ultimately felt he had to address the elephant in the room: President Trump. "The question pops up a lot," he said. "The truth is we are not really concerned with Trump. After markets calmed down in ...

The pointy end of super regulation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... given the "remarkable financial year for super fund returns". "Despite widespread fears, the wild cards of Brexit and a Trump election did not result in investment market turmoil and profit-to-member funds once again outclassed their rivals, adding significantly ...

Markets are stronger than Trump

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... Coast, Hobson said it's dangerous to attempt to orient one's investment decisions around political ephemera - citing Donald Trump and North Korean hostilities as examples. "Your ultimate question should be around what's going on with individual companies," ...

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
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 ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... stock market is forward looking. Certainly, investors are looking beyond the earnings and economic growth figures for June. Trump uncertainty aside, the details of the US national accounts indicate that the going will remain good. Personal consumption ...

Suncorp Tower takeover denied by competition watchdog

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
Fears that "substantially lessened" competition in New Zealand's personal insurance market would result from Suncorp's takeover of Tower has led to the New Zealand Commerce Commission denying the proposed merger. In a statement commission chairman Mark ...