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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 ...

Morningstar Australasia managing director departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
Heather Brilliant is leaving Morningstar Australasia and her successor has been named. Having led the local Morningstar business since 2014, Brilliant will relocate to New York to take up the role of managing director Americas for Colonial First State ...

Flashes: activity expansion and moderating inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... July from 57.4 in the previous month while the same for the services sector was unchanged at 55.4. Similar to that of America, "forward-looking indicators such as new order inflows remain elevated, suggesting robust growth will be sustained in coming ...

Ignition Wealth begins European expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... expert Peter Oakes to its advisory board. Oakes is a former senior executive at the Central Bank of Ireland and Bank of America and will provide guidance on the move. Ignition Wealth said its initial priority is to establish partnerships with financial ...

QIC appoints investments director from LaSalle

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... having been senior vice president at Paladin Realty Partners, will report to head of global, clients and marketing - North America and Europe, Vittorio Lacagnina. "As a leading investment provider for superannuation funds, pension funds, sovereign wealth ...

The Trump risk on global trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... - 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 dumping. "Not only ...

MetLife restructures US and UK operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
Global life insurer MetLife will cease to write individual insurance policies in the United States, having established a new firm to house its domestic retail life and annuity insurance divisions. MetLife received final regulatory approval from the ...

Economics 101 is dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... over the equilibrium level of the natural fed funds rate, the non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU) in America is now lower? Perhaps. But this doesn't explain low wages growth observed in most other big world economies. Whatever the ...

Good goings-on in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
Were it not for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's "package of gifts" delivered on America's 4th of July Independence Day celebrations, the goings-on in China would remain buried on page 6 of the financial media. This could be because when it comes to ...

Stronger growth sans inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... but is easing (see http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/not-so-happy-eofy-for-the-all-ords-100194081). First stop, America. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing jumped from a reading of 54.9 in May to 57.8 in June. This is greater ...