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Managed account FUM passes $200bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... market eddies are likely to be less frequent. This is in part due to the UK change of government and the recent Democratic party upswing in the US elections contributing to a reduced likelihood of a Trump return."

You can't hate Trump but love the S&P 500: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... from S&P 500 companies to political parties and found 54% of them donated more to the Republican Party than to Democratic Party. Meanwhile only 29% of S&P 500 stocks gave more to the Democrats. The above is true for popular broad-market ETFs like iShares' ...

Chief economist update: Prime Minister Suga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... Prime Minister following a parliamentary vote on September 16 after being elected President of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) two days earlier. Prime Minister Suga faces a baptism of fire, thrust into leadership at a time when Japan (and the ...

Chief economist update: Japan on the mend but BOJ, Abe not taking any chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's lifting of the state of emergency in the country on May 25 has been rewarded with encouraging indications of recovery in the economy. This is highlighted by the improvement in the au Jibun Bank Japan PMI surveys. ...

Chief economist update: Japan's sun shines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... "Tit-for-tat trade sanctions don't benefit any country," Abe told a gathering of lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday, without mentioning Trump by name. "Now is the time for Japan to take the lead in creating the rules of ...

Japanese sun rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... 2005 and June 2006 quarters. Underlying all these is optimism that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will win the 22 October general elections and hence, the continuation of "Abenomics" - the program of very loose monetary policy ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... coalition won by a landslide at the 10 July elections. Of the 121 seats up for grabs in the Upper House, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) got 56 seats and its coalition partner, Komeito secured 14 seats. This, together with other parties and independents ...

Coalition secures PUP support on FoFA vote

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... Senators voted against the motion, together with Australian Motoring Enthusiasts Party Senator Ricky Muir, Liberal Democratic Party Senator David Leyonhjelm and Family First Senator Bob Day. However, the current changes have been passed through regulations ...

Govt needs six votes to pass pension changes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... reportedly need four more votes to pass its Medicare $7 co-charge policy. Currently it has the support of the Liberal Democratic Party and Family First. It is understood that Labor will support the 2% deficit levy on people with incomes above $180,00 ...

Time to be fearful?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... nah...the United States of America is a democracy and it's the gerrymandered majority that rules. While the Big O's Democratic Party has the numbers in the Senate - 52 against the GOP's 46 (and 2 Independents) - he's short of yes men in the House of ...
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