Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Hugh Hendry Closes Hedge Fund After 15 Years as Losses Mount – Bloomberg
- Attention Investors: The Stretch of Very Weak Inflation Is Over – WSJ
- These are the countries that would benefit most from a cashless world – WEF
- UN report attacks austerity budgets for growing inequality – The Guardian
- Hedge-fund trader bets millions that traders are about to get whipsawed by volatility – MarketWatch
- Meet The Millennials Saving For Retirement Using Bitcoin – Forbes
Americas:
- Trump Signals He Will Choose Approach on Iran That Preserves Nuclear Deal – NY Times
- California legislature passes bill requiring presidential candidates to release tax returns – The Hill
- GOP feels betrayed by Trump’s dealmaking with Dems – Politico
- Treasury’s Mnuchin says no tax cut for wealthy – Reuters
- Trump says immigration deal with Democrats close, without border wall – Reuters
- ‘The moochin’ Mnuchins’: Treasury secretary again is fodder for rich humor – Washington Post
- An Experiment: How Low Could Tax Rates Go If Congress Eliminated All Tax Expenditures? – Tax Policy Center
- More Americans Delaying Marriage Past Their 20s, New Data Show – Bloomberg
- San Francisco Edges Out Washington to Become the Highest-Income Big U.S. Metro Area – WSJ
- Maduro’s economic plan for Venezuela fails to impress analysts – FT
- Canada Pot Firm Blazes Ahead in U.S. as Exchange Debates Policy – Bloomberg
Europe:
- I worked for Vote Leave, but I now realise Britain must stay in the single market – The Guardian
- GBP: Job done BoE, now back to Brexit – ING
- The financial system is still blinking red. We need reform more than ever – The Guardian
- Autonomous armed ’robot tanks’ displayed in London – Reuters
- UK customs model unlikely to achieve frictionless post-Brexit trade – Reuters
- Why the Bank of England Has an Itchy Trigger Finger – WSJ
- ’Political correctness is rapidly becoming a curse on democracy’ – Standard
- Decarbonisation touted as the core of EU Industrial Strategy – Business Green
- The Grenfell residents still living in hotels: ‘This is no normal life’ – The Guardian
- London house prices record biggest fall since 2008 – RICS – Reuters
Asia:
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- North Korea Launches Another Missile, Escalating Crisis – NY Times
- ’Farewell’: Qiao Mu, dissenting academic, leaves China for US – The Guardian
- No nuclear weapons in South Korea, says President Moon – CNN
- As Activist Investors Target Asia, China Becomes a Hot Spot – WSJ
- Bitcoin took a major dive after a big Chinese exchange said it is closing – CNBC
- China Bitcoin Exchange Ban ’Certain’; BTCC to Suspend Trading; Shanghai Issues Verbal Shutdown Order: Reports – Crypto Coin News
Trans-Tasman:
- It’s not just CBA: all the banks are exposed to millions in money laundering – The Age
- Peter Dutton Is Being Asked To Explain Why He Just Lost His Chief Medical Officer – BuzzFeed
- Turnbull says John Howard could help Coalition fine-tune marriage legislation – The Guardian
- Energy market operator says Liddell doesn’t have to stay open, as Tony Abbott casts doubt on Paris pledge – WA Today
- Finkel and the climate theatre of the absurd – Eureka Street
- Tony Abbott’s daughter has her say in gay marriage debate – The SMH
- The ABS is wrong: Inequality is getting worse in Australia – ABC
- Autonomous vehicle maker reveals Australian manufacturing plans – Computer World
- Does Turnbull still have time to make his mark? | Sean Kelly – The Monthly
- Government’s media ownership law changes pass Senate with help from NXT, One Nation – ABC
- Government tries again on legislation to overhaul superannuation funds – ABC
- Deal signed to save Victoria’s struggling Heyfield timber mill – ABC
- Grattan: King Coal is wearing big boots in the Turnbull Government – The Conversation
- The tech industry ‘disruption’ ideas that shouldn’t see the light of day – ABC
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Labour could form govt with Greens – 1 News poll – Interest.co.nz