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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 ...

The Trump risk on global trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... in February 2012 - the BDI climbed to 859 overnight. The one major risk to the continued improvement in trade is Donald Trump and his "America First" policy. One that Trump reminded the world once more last night when he revealed his thoughts on steel ...

Good goings-on in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... page 6 of the financial media. This could be because when it comes to China, good news is no news. Except for US president Trump's renewed import tariff threat to China -- because it doesn't "help us" rein in Pyongyang - Beijing's outlook had been generally ...

Reflation narrative lacks substance: MFS

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... impacted the Chinese economy, and what they did in response was create that narrative. That period in US Treasury terms, pre-Trump, was a Chinese-driven reflation," he said. Adams also argued that the growth "spike" that occurred following Donald Trump's ...

Investors to benefit from $4tn US infrastructure bill

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... worldwide, according to BNY Mellon research. The 2017 BNY Mellon Investment Management Alternatives Outlook noted Donald Trump's pledge US$1 trillion to a US infrastructure overhaul has driven up investment appetite for the asset class. "In the alternative ...

Central Banks fail to disappoint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
Central bank decisions, forward guidance or even a word change in policy statements move markets. Not that anyone has to be reminded about this truism of course. The world's four major central banks - the Fed, the ECB, the BOJ and the BOE - and the ...

Robo-advisers expected to meet fiduciary rule

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... the Department of Labor's Fiduciary Rule. The SEC's position on the issue is continuing despite the broader push by the Trump administration to relax financial regulation. It reinforces speculation that the SEC's new chair will be focused on enhancing ...