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Super funds condemn Trump climate withdrawal

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... Superannuation Investors (ACSI), representing $1.5 trillion in funds under management, has condemned US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the country from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Trump justified the withdrawal saying his administration ...

Good to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... next six months, pulled back by 4.3 percentage points to 30.0%." Good or bad, the survey also found that, "President Donald Trump is having a big influence on many investors' attitudes".

Fed trumps Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... bps to 2.26% and the US dollar index down a tad (0.2%) to 97.11. All these despite the increasing implementation risks of Trump's fiscal agenda - tax cuts, infrastructure spending, easier regulatory policy and what have you's - never mind last week's ...

SSGA ramps tech exposure post-Trump

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
The first 100 days of the Trump administration have seen State Street Global Advisors double its exposure to US technology companies in its Global Equity Fund, even if said exposure still trails the cap-weighted index. SSGA global active quantitative ...

Latin America on institutional investment radar

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
An emerging markets specialist says Latin America is offering substantial investment opportunities following Donald Trump's softening trade policy and strong business outlooks across the region. SURA Asset Management regional head of equities Felipe ...

Three steps and yields stumble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... US equity market indices remain at or near record highs. Maybe the Fed's "unconventional" monetary policy - and lately, Trump - has rendered this "wise old saying" obsolete. Also, the Fed's three rate hikes since December 2015 has taken the fed funds ...

Another Budget, another promised surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... growth, the progress (or otherwise) of Australia's major trading partners, geopolitical uncertainties (trade war mongering by Trump), commodity prices, exchange rates...and we have a minefield of one, or several, or all going wrong. As printed in the ...

ESG holds key to adviser client retention

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... respondents to a recent survey we did in the United States attributed their interest in ESG to the US election, largely because Trump has been talking about rolling back environmental protections. So, I think there has been a lot of media attention around ...

Australia can benefit from Brexit and Trump

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) shows Australian investors concerned with trade barriers resulting from Brexit and the Trump administration should focus on countries such as China and India where economic growth opportunities are in abundance ...

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 ...