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Bond investors urged to play tactics

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... still on in 2017 with persistently low term deposit rates on the one hand and capital preservation on everyone's mind in a 'Trump gone mad world.' Access to the widest range of credit and interest rate securities that guarantee regular interest and certainty ...

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... idea of actually being paid more," and suggested this might have partially fuelled the voter sentiment that led to Donald Trump's election. Beckwith said these three factors led to a bull market in asset management where "asset managers are now more ...

Trump's tweets and deeds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... word, phrase or nuance in the policy statements were not as pronounced in the financial headlines as they used to be before Trump? Trump has trumped the central bankers. Asked for news recall over the past week, I'm pretty sure that most would mainly ...

L1 Capital fund recommended

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... "Equities will likely experience more volatility, given rising US interest rates and the more dramatic policy changes from the Trump administration. Our clients are looking for a product that can generate solid returns, while providing strong capital ...

Finding economic winners in an unpredictable world

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... and export to a consumption and import economy," Tinker said. Turning to the question on everyone's mind, Tinker said of Trump that "people take him literally but not seriously, but we should take him seriously and not literally." He stressed that while ...

Global infrastructure goes for growth in 2017

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... 4D, that means going overweight on 'user pay' assets," Shaw said. In particular, Shaw noted opportunities for investors in Trump's $1 trillion infrastructure package which she hopes will be open to private sector capital; the growth of global travel ...

Xero CFO takes on new role in leadership shuffle

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... Chris Liddell, announcing his resignation so as to take up a position as an aide to United States President-elect Donald Trump. Liddell will be replaced as chair by Graham Smith, who served as Xero director for two years and chairs the audit and risk ...

Heading the ECB's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... euro. However, this would also strengthen calls for "tapering" from the ECB. More worrying, this would strengthen President Trump's disquiet about the "too strong" US dollar. Trump's trade advisor Peter Navarro has reportedly taken aim at the euro recently ...

New hedge funds for BetaShares

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... director Alex Vynokur said the future direction of the two currencies has been brought into the open by the election of Donald Trump, with investors interested in "expressing their view in a capital-efficient manner or simply wishing to mitigate currency ...

One week delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... January. The butcher, the baker and the candlestick-maker - read, the Mexicans, Iranians, Iraqis, Syrians, etc. - may not like Trump's latest signed order banning some refugees and Muslims from setting foot on US soil (though this was later given a 90-day ...