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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 ...

O Canada

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... Treasury Department (in its recent semi-annual report) placed on a "currency manipulators' watch list. But Canada -- One of America's closest allies, its next-door neighbour, its BFF, its conjoined twin? According to reports, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur ...

IFM Investors and Samsung partner for infrastructure fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... interest and low growth investment environment." The fund will primarily target infrastructure assets in countries in North America, Europe and Australia with minimum A- sovereign credit ratings. It will invest in five main sectors - Public Private Partnerships ...

Trump versus Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
Threats and counter threats are coming in fast between the United States and North Korea suggesting that neither side is backing down from a full-scale armed (nuclear or conventional) confrontation. On his visit to Seoul, US vice-president Mike Pence ...

BlackRock's Fink commends Aussie infrastructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... for institutional investment to market, and that are capable of delivering competitive returns. "This is an area where America lags the rest of the world today. Fly into London, Zurich, or Sydney and you land at a privately owned airport. In the US ...

Investment management industry needs overhaul: CFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... the trust that end investors feel in investment organisations." In terms of leadership skills, respondents from North America (61%) and Europe (46%) noted the most important skill of an asset manager chief executive will be the ability to articulate ...

Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... putting Chinese president Xi on notice that the US may yet make good on its threat to slap a 45% tariff on Chinese imports. America's missile assault on Syria, in retaliation for the chemical attack on Syrian civilians, has created very little, if any ...

Philanthropy Australia names recipients of annual industry awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
Leading Australian philanthropists were honoured for the impact of their giving at the 2017 Philanthropy Australia Awards held this week in Melbourne. The prestigious 2017 Leading Philanthropist Award went to documentary filmmaker Ian Darling who has ...

Henderson appoints investment director

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
Following on from its merger proposal with Janus Capital late last year, Henderson appointed an investment director for its emerging market equities team. Ian Tabberer was previously a part of Henderson's global equities team, which underwent a restructure ...

Damned if they do, damned if they don't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
First the good news. Crude oil prices have closed the March quarter of 2017 above the psychological US$50.00 per barrel mark - the level they have risen to since the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced that they (and non-OPEC ...