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Macron won't stop populist tide: William Blair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
Emmanuel Macron's election as French President won't be enough to stem the tide of populist sentiment in Europe and its effects on European markets, according to William Blair dynamic allocation strategies portfolio manager Thomas Clarke. Speaking at ...

100 days of Trump (and counting)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... normalising monetary policy since, despite heightened geopolitical and economic uncertainties - Syria, North Korea, Russia and French elections and Brexit. And more, the US central bank's even considering upside risks to its rosy projections because ...

Decidedly undecided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
"The French complain of everything, and always," Napoleon Bonaparte once said. The French made known their disenchantment with the establishment political parties - both the Republican and Socialist parties failed to garner enough support to make it ...

Confidently improving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... fundamentals in the region. However, increased terrorist concerns - in the aftermath of the recent attack on London - and upcoming French presidential elections (23 April or a run-off on 7 May) and Germany's federal elections scheduled for 24 September ...

Global advice group becomes investment bank

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... international reputation, which is based on good governance, pro-business policies, legal expertise and an educated, English and French-speaking population," Green said. He added that given deVere's extensive experience in global financial advice, the ...

AirTree hires former Accel vice president

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... Blair, Daniel Petre, and recently appointed former White Star Capital principal John Henderson. AirTree has also hired Julia French, the founder of San-Francisco-based marketing agency CoveredCo as head of community. The company, which has more than ...

Investec snaps up NSW properties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... healthcare sector. This is expected to be aided by the fact that the annual growth rate for professional employment in the French Forest precinct is expected to double that of greater Sydney in the next 20 years. Investec Australia Property Fund chief ...

The year that was and the year that will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... presidential elections will be held on 12 February; the Netherlands will conduct general elections on 15 March; and, the French will get to vote for its president on the 23rd of April. These are some of the challenges we will face next year. And of course ...

State Street partners with blockchain startup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... private stocks to assist private companies in issuing minibonds via crowdfunding platforms; made allowable recently by a French government initiative. The bank has partnered with renewable energy crowdfunding specialists Lendosphere, Enerfip and Lumo ...

Super fund backs Sydney water

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... from 2021 to 2035. The $54 billion fund first invested in the plant in 2001, acquiring a 49% equity interest alongside French waste management and water treatment company SUEZ (51%). UniSuper head of property and private markets, Kent Robbins, said the ...