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What to Expect from a Trump White House

Welcome to a new era in history. Donald Trump is officially the 45^th President of the United States of America and yet the question remains – what kind of President will he become?

Since President Donald Trump’s election win, the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Index and the Nasdaq Composite have all reached record highs. Business confidence and economic growth prospects in the United States have soared on commitments to cut corporate taxes, deregulate industry, increase domestic spending and ramp up infrastructure investment. The rest of the world are also enjoying this bull market as Britain’s FTSE 100, Germany’s DAX and the French CAC 40 are all rising on investors’ expectation that the ‘Trump-trade’ will boost global economic growth.…

“The world around us is changing at unprecedented speed. At this tipping point, our traditional concepts of society, meaningful employment and the nation state are challenged, and many understandably feel insecure and threatened.”

Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum 2017 has now officially closed its doors after 3,000 business leaders, 40 heads of state and 14 Nobel Laureates gathered to establish the measures necessary to improve the state of the world. While many of the world’s most significant challenges remain the same, ranging from global resource security, climate change, rising inequality and global economic growth, this year is lining up to be profoundly different.…

“We have reached a turning point. Agriculture and biodiversity have often been regarded as separate and even conflicting concerns, yet they are inextricably connected. Agriculture is by nature a major user of biodiversity, but it also has the great potential to contribute to its protection.”

– María Helena Semedo, Deputy Director of the UN Food & Agriculture Organization, 2016 –

In a world on the verge of its Sixth Great Extinction, hundreds of politicians and businesses representatives gathered at the latest United Nations COP13 Forum in Mexico to determine how biodiversity can be prioritized and maintained through socially responsible business practices.…

The Truth About Climate Change

Over the past century, the scientific community has documented dramatic shifts in global temperatures, the rise of extreme weather patterns and the on-going deterioration of the ozone layer. Most recently, scientists identified signs of the effect of human urbanization in the evolution of organisms. For example, seeds in urban areas are heavier than the same species of seeds in rural areas. Since seeds are carried by the wind, the heavier seeds are more likely to fall in close by soil, instead of on concrete. This is being interpreted as clear evidence of mankind’s influence on the planet, thereby heralding the emergence of a new geological age – the Anthropocene.…

The Golden Age of Genetic Engineering

One of the most significant scientific breakthroughs of 2016, and arguably for the next decade, is a powerful new gene-editing technology known as CRISPR/Cas9. This innovation in genetic modification has enabled scientists to customize organisms with an unprecedented precision in a matter of days rather than months or years.

Scientists have figured out how to exploit a quirk in the immune system of bacteria to edit genes in other organisms. How? On the surface, CRISPR harnesses the immune system of bacteria, making it easy, cheap and fast to move genes around and customize their effects. This is a powerful new tool to modify what characteristics are expressed in plants, animals and even humans.…

Integrating Physical, Digital and Biological Spheres

We live in one of the most exciting periods of human history. In a world where innovation occurs on a daily basis, we find ourselves on the verge of yet another industrial revolution. This revolution will integrate the most fundamental spheres of human existence to increase efficiency and secure sustainability across all aspects of our lives. This new revolution will alter the way we live, work, relate to one another and do business.

One of the first profound shifts in mankind’s way of living happened 10,000 years ago when we transitioned from foraging to farming. The agrarian revolution combined animal and human effort for the purpose of production, transportation and communication.…

A Pivotal Year for Sustainable Food

For the human race to survive and thrive, we must feed ourselves in a safe and sustainable manner. This will be a considerable challenge, especially with the global population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050. Such rising demand will require a 70% increase in food productivity and a doubling in protein production worldwide, at a time when arable land degradation is increasing and crop yields are starting to show a decline. Despite the increasingly bleak scenario we face, there is a solution: the alignment of the human race and the planet’s ecosystem by supporting a revolutionary transformation in global agriculture, with neem at the forefront of this imperative change.…

A New Era for Global Financial Markets

Global financial markets have started the New Year on a surprisingly strong footing, with the Dow Jones, FTSE and US$ all outperforming expectations and achieving record-highs. Why the unprecedented optimism so early on in the year? Investors are expecting significant change for global financial markets, characterized by the profound shifts taking place in monetary and government policy worldwide.

After an Impressive 2016, Where Will Markets Move?

Source: Bloomberg News (2016)

Investors should brace for few certainties, several headwinds and many opportunities in the New Year. Donald Trump will see his first days as President of the United States, the British government will begin proceedings to leave the European Union, there is risk of a supply war over the world’s most important commodity, oil, and interest rates are likely to rise around the world.…

Investing in Life Now and for Generations to Come

From agriculture, to water security and environmental protection, long-term investment strategies that strengthen the efficiency and longevity of our most fundamental resources, thereby sustaining life, creates true wealth.

2016 was certainly a momentous year. Brexit, Trump, record performances across global financial markets, a continued economic slowdown in China and the first signs of recovery for commidty markets all filled the headlines. While a new preference for more pragmatic and transactional political systems around the world will be good for geopolitical stability, the new protectionist trend has been interpreted as a clear move away from free trade, globalization and open market policies that have strengthened the global economy in recent years.…

The Temer Strategy for Economic Growth and Prosperity

Welcome to a new era of recovery, growth and outperformance in Brazil. Responding well to the challenging macroeconomic landscape experienced throughout much of this year, President Michel Temer continues to implement a series of game-changing policies that are injecting life into Latin America’s largest and most prosperous economy.

In a press conference last week, Temer announced several measures aimed at catalyzing an economy that, alongside many emerging nations around the world, has been under some pressure in recent memory. With a clear mission to restore fiscal balance, increase commercial appeal and reduce bureaucracy across government and business, the new administration in Brazil has become a source of excitement for investors around the world and will undoubtedly pave the way for a very prosperous 2017.…

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