A sort of conscious always. With the biggest composer of all time i cant begin to imagine a world class horn player several weeks on a musical journey of discovery. With alfred. Stuart september 16th t w. U k signs its 1st major trade agreement after brags that london says its deal with japans strong start critics of britain didnt get much more than what it had under the e. U. Also on the show marie shows are still cleaning up from an oil spill from the ground the tanker the Japanese Company the charter the vessel itself opening its wallet. And its known for its lavish tales of romance now nollywood endures a real life drama as the pandemic. The industry. Good welcome to the show im Stephen Beers in berlin its good to have you with us britain has reached its 1st major post trade deal with japan its supposed to be implemented on the 1st day of next year and the u. K. Government says that the deal voids high tariffs on exports in japan like textiles and food items on the japanese side Ca
Thats a 13. 8 increase month on month. Pretty good, alix. Israel alix can it last . And coming up this hour well speak to valley grant, Senior Vice President and henry mcveigh, ahead of global maam row and Asset Allocation with his report on economy and investments. The main macronews that happened was beijing following through on the threat of retaliation, china ordering the u. S. To close the consulate in chengdu and comes after the foreed closer of a Chinese Mission in houston. Sharon chin the asian bureau chief, how big of a disruption is it between the two countries . Sharon i mean the whole dispute over the consulates, the u. S. Asking china to shut its houston consulate and china asking the u. S. To shut down its consulate in chengdu has en a severe reaction and the worst theyve taken in the last few years. Here it was immediate, people on the ground expressing support for the chinese government. There was a lot of security on the scene in front of the consulate in chengdu and a
In Wealth Management, we had a very strong performance, plus 70 in asia, plus 16 in europe, 3 in switzerland, upsetting the u. S. , where we saw the effect of net recurring fees being based on the previous quarter with an impact in our profits. Was there any sense of caution in the clients . How would you describe your client activity this quarter . Sergio still very active. More of a wait and see, starting to think about the second half of the year, which is full of events which potentially will trigger a change in investors sentiments. The geopolitical situation that we all know about the u. S. And china is going to the next level europe,ituation in which as we speak, is probably resolving but is still very complicated. Last but not least, the u. S. Election. According to our clients, 61 of our clients are thinking about changing their asset location post the election no matter who wins. Manus do you think that is holding them back, the election, overtraining and trade . Over china a
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An eye watering loss. Costsosses and rising mean bonuses are set to disappoint. We are seeing u. S. Futures flat. This, of course, after we had the regular session seeing record highs. At one point, topping the record reached in february before the pandemic. Every sector on the s p 500 was in the green. We have nikkei futures moving higher as we have the japanese yen under pressure. We have seen it fall against the u. S. Dollar for the past four sessions. Right now trading around the weakest in three weeks. In sydney, futures higher. We have the aussie dollar listed a little bit higher. We have a softer u. S. Dollar, not to mention higher commodity prices. We have kiwi stocks at the moment gaining ground after seeing the worst day in a month. This as we have rbnz expanding their qe program. Gains in the currency returns, commodity exports, unr holdings qnr holding steady. U. S. And chinese negotiators plan to discuss progress in the phase one trade deal. Pushing toset to be widen the a