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Written by KEY POINTS Donald Trump’s election campaign focused on three priorities – immigration, fiscal policy and trade The initial impact could be positive for the US economy but we might face a very different picture by the mid-term of the presidency Fixed income markets have so far been mixed but we believe there is potentially a compelling opportunity in US high yield over the next one to two years from an all-in yield perspective We remain positive on equity markets in the short term,...

AXA Investment Managers has hired Dominic Byrne as head of global equities for AXA IM Core, to lead the wider global equity team. Before the appointment, Byrne spent nearly 25 years at abrdn, where he was most recently head of global equities. He began his career in 2001 at Standard Life, remaining with the company as it merged into abrdn in 2017.

STOTER Hans AXA's Hans Stoter calls lack of progress in this area at COP26 a 'major disappointment' With carbon reduction firmly on the agenda of many governments, it is time for COP to take a more holistic approach and to properly address wider environmental concerns such as biodiversity. Of course decarbonisation is critical, but we have to ask what kind of planet do we want to save?