European Union

Disruption and Digitalisation

Facebook opening new regional ops centres in Dublin & Singapore to 'protect elections'

SINGAPORE (Jan 29): Facebook says it plans to set up two new regional operations centres, focused on election integrity, at its offices in Singapore and Dublin to allow its global teams to better work across regions in the run-up to global elections in 20

Currencies

Brace yourselves. A full-blown trade war may be on the way

(Mar 7): In foreign exchange markets, investors aren’t waiting to find out if all the tariff threats being thrown around lead to a full-blown trade war.

UOB's 1Q18 global outlook

Brexit overhang to continue weighing on GBP/USD in 2018, says UOB

SINGAPORE (Dec 11): The next year will be a critical one for Brexit negotiations, with its outcomes to largely determine whether the United Kingdom can successfully complete its departure from the European Union by its April 2019 deadline. 

Investing strategies

Prepare European markets for tapering in 2018, says Bank of Singapore

SINGAPORE (June 1): Europe is now threatening to be an outlier in the “as good as it gets” investment theme as its cyclical improvement continues to gather speed, according to Bank of Singapore (BoS).  
Chinese President Xi Jinping leaves the stage after speaking during the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on May 14. Photographer: Pool/Getty Images

Global Economy

Xi opens China’s globalisation forum with US$78 billion pledge

BEIJING (May 15): President Xi Jinping laid the framework for Chinese-style globalization and his ambition to lead it during a speech inaugurating his cornerstone diplomatic trade initiative for a new Silk Road.

UK spies knew London terrorist’s record of crime and extremism

LONDON (March 24): The terrorist behind the worst attack on London in more than a decade had a string of convictions for violence and was once investigated by British intelligence over concerns he was turning to extremism.
JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Brexit

Goldman, Morgan Stanley signal London job moves ahead of Brexit

LONDON/NEW YORK (March 22): Senior Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley executives said they’re preparing to shift staff and operations from London to elsewhere in the European Union as Prime Minister Theresa May sets up the UK’s exit from
BA Argentina

Global Economy

These economies are seen improving dramatically this year

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON(MARCH 21): Expect more good news than bad when it comes to global growth this year, led by recoveries in several of Latin America’s largest economies, a pickup in the US, and continued robustness from China and India.

Brexit

Half of employers see UK's allure fading with Brexit: CBI survey

LONDON (Dec 19): Half of British employers think the country's attractiveness as a place to invest and hire will diminish over the next five years as it leaves the European Union, an annual business survey showed on Monday.
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