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Our views on China – Momentum

With China now the largest economy in the world (on a PPP measure1) and the primary engine of global growth, investors need to think hard about how to gain exposure within global portfolios. The impact of Chinese policy decisions reverberate around the world, whether those are purely domestic or international in scope.

Global shares: US, Europe surge on US employment surprise; Asia firms

US markets Blowout US jobs numbers Friday gave bulls license to continue the risk-on rally that has propelled equities higher since March. The Dow Jones industrial index rose 3.2 percent; the S&P 500 gained 2.6 percent, and the NASDAQ rose 2.1 percent. In very unexpected and positive results, nonfarm payrolls shot 2.509 million higher in …

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State Pension age is changing next month – details on who will be affected revealed

STATE pension age is gradually being increased by the government and the next raise will arrive next month. It is being increased incrementally and it will eventually be 66 for everyone by October 2020. State pension payments can be received by anyone who has at least 10 years of National Insurance contributions and has reached …

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BlackRock Is About to Find Skeletons in $45 Billion Bond Market

As BlackRock starts to kick the tires of Sweden’s credit market at the behest of the Riksbank, a world of trouble is about to reveal itself. “This market seems completely dead,” said Hakan Karlsson, chief executive of MaxFastigheter i Sverige AB, a property firm with an unrated bond maturing in September. “If we want to …

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