Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Pandit Says 30% of Bank Jobs May Disappear in Next Five Years – Bloomberg
- Goldman details $5 billion revenue growth plan amid investor questions – Apple News
- Jamie Dimon Says Bitcoin Is a ‘Fraud’ That Will ‘Blow Up’ – WSJ
- This Is The Dollar’s Worst Year Since The Plaza Accord – Zero Hedge
- Shipowners Rejoice Over Rising Demand for Commodities – WSJ
- Mortgage Bonds and Stock Blockchains – Bloomberg
- It’s getting harder to hide money in Bitcoin – Tech Review
- A 100-Year Bond for a 99-Year-Old Country – WSJ
- How Market Complexity Could Trigger the Next Crash – Visual Capitalist
Americas:
- Trump’s 3% Growth for the 1% by Kenneth Rogoff – Project Syndicate
- U.S. corporate tax goal in doubt as Trump intensifies reform drive – Reuters
- What you need to know about California’s housing crisis – Cali Matters
- There’s Blood In The Water In Silicon Valley – Buzz Feed
- How Trump Is Destroying America – The Atlantic
Europe:
- MUFG Is Said to Pick Amsterdam for Securities Base After Brexit – Bloomberg
- Japan’s MUFG picks Amsterdam as its EU investment banking base – sources – Reuters
- Join the euro to stay relevant in the EU after Brexit, Juncker’s top aide warns minnows – The Telegraph
- Banks face spiraling costs from 50-year-old IT – FN London
- UK regulator and banks team up on blockchain-based mortgage reporting – Reuters
- A Problem Much Bigger Than Putin – NY Times
- Germany plans for ’worst-case scenario’ Brexit – Sky
- Belgian Clubs and Foreign Money: A Modern Soccer Mix – NY Times
- Austria Makes History With First 100-Year Bond Sale Into Public Euro Markets – Zero Hedge
- Toyota Says Brexit Talks Drift Could Threaten UK Production – NY Times
Asia:
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- ‘Let me give you my invaluable insight from spending a whole week in China’ – China Daily Show
- Living in China Takes 3½ Years Off Your Life – WSJ
- Trump Respects China’s Xi More Than Any Leader, Bannon Says – Bloomberg
- Alarmist reports on Chinese listed companies may deceive overseas investors – Global Times
- South Korea Plans ‘Decapitation Unit’ to Try to Scare North’s Leaders – NY Times
- Xi Jinping Projects a False Sense of Economic Calm Ahead of His Coronation – WSJ
- US Threatens To Cut Off China From SWIFT If It Violates North Korea Sanctions – Zero Hedge
Trans-Tasman:
- Growing inequality puts Australians on same path as America: ACTU – The SMH
- Calls to scrap Centrelink’s automated “robo-debt” system after 1700 SA clients reduce their debts – News.com.au
- How Australians think about same-sex marriage, mapped – ABC
- Centrelink scandal: tens of thousands of welfare debts wiped or reduced – The Guardian
- Welfare drug testing punishes those ‘least able to change’, former AFP commissioner says – The Guardian
- Rebel Wilson wins more than $4.5m in damages from Bauer Media – The Guardian
- Australian Building and Construction Commission boss Nigel Hadgkiss resigns after admitting to breaking the law – The SMH
- John Howard is back, stopping Australia again – Daily Review
- ‘Grave’: New study finds significant impacts of coal mining in Sydney catchment – The SMH
- Robocall claims same-sex marriage may lead to radical gay education, raising push-polling fears – The Guardian
- Australian incomes more equal than a decade ago, but average household debts have doubled – The SMH
- Politics live: Government plots new ways to allow investment in ‘clean coal’ – The ABC
- Where does your money go? Spending survey shows cost of essential living a burden – ABC
- Sentiment about real estate hits 40-year low: Just 1 in 10 see property as best investment – Domain
- Australian primary classes larger than OECD average, report shows – The Guardian
- Hospitality industry ‘freaking out’ over 457 change, top chef says – ABC
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Labour hits back at National over tax claims – Interest.co.nz
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National MP ‘studied at elite Chinese spy school’ – Interest.co.nz