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UK loses £800bn in assets amid Brexit fears

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... Brexit agreement - which has been approved by the 27 remaining members. It is now up to the European and the British parliament to ratify it. If approved, the UK will leave the EU on 29 March 2019. The UK parliament will vote on Prime Minister Theresa ...

Chief economist update: Does the Fed lift or cut interest rates just for the heck of it?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
The British Parliament has put a full stop to months of speculation over PM Theresa May's leadership when she emerged victorious - 200 to 117 - over her own party's (the Conservative Party) no confidence motion lodged against her. The Party's ...

Chief economist update: So much Brexit uncertainty, so little time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... take. May's problem is at May could succeed in renegotiating the Brexit deal, but it passing through the British Parliament is another matter. Given current sentiment, it's not likely to pass. What happens next? May could resign the prime ministership ...

Is climate change a risk to retirement savings?

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
Trustees at the UK's top 25 pension funds have until the end of the month to tell the British parliament what steps are being taken to safeguard $977 billion of retirement money from the impact of climate change. The Environmental Audit Committee's ...

Trump is heaven's gift to central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... they would have crucified US presidential "candidate" Donald Trump (if that was legal). In mid-January, the British Parliament even held a debate on whether or not to ban Trump from setting foot on UK soil. Trump was vilified, mocked, ridiculed, dismissed... ...
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