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US recommends asset manager stress tests be removed

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... industries "are the global leaders in promoting vibrant capital markets and diverse investment opportunities, and ensuring Americans can safeguard themselves, their property, and their businesses against unexpected events." Investment Company Institute ...

Trump and Kim go ballistic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... military action... the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) is ready to react to any mode of war desired by the Americans... We will take the toughest counteraction against the provocateurs." War seemed real and imminent that time as it is now. ...

100 days of Trump (and counting)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... 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 wrote: "A recently released CNN/ORC poll ...

Trump versus Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... military action...the DPRK - Democratic People's Republic of Korea - is ready to react to any mode of war desired by the Americans...We will take the toughest counteraction against the provocateurs." In spite of this, financial markets' reaction have ...

Climate calling

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... was when I started 12 years ago, there's still quite a different way of approaching sustainable investing between the Americans, the Europeans and Australians," Cheang says. Ultimately, super funds and other instos have to be clear on what they are trying ...

A mining renaissance courtesy of President Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... What gave? What gave is certainly Trump's conciliatory victory speech. You know the one. The one where he called on Americans to unite, the one where he promised to build - not the Mexican Wall - but "highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, hospitals" ...

Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... so it seems. It could play into Trump's hands and his accusation of election rigging given the level of distrust many Americans feel about Hillary. And then, there's this from abc.net.au: "US Election: Could neither Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump end ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... just-released report of the US National Financial Capability Study reveals that despite the recovering US economy, 18% of Americans with a college education could not raise $2000 for an emergency. The ratio rises to a staggering 45% for people with only ...

Australian elections just gave uncertainty a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... composition of the Australian government is known or a little bit longer when Brexit dies down. Or until November, when Americans vote for their own leader? With the global political system seemingly chaos, a US President Trump is still likely.

Bremorsing and Bregretting Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... is kinder than the article published by 'The New Yorker'. The headline says it all, "BRITISH LOSE RIGHT TO CLAIM THAT AMERICANS ARE DUMBER" - yup, in all caps! As an aside, the Brits might be able to reclaim their claim come November's US presidential ...