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Push to end US Congressional pensions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
Claims that US politicians are out of touch with ordinary Americans have led a group of conservative Republicans to sponsor a bill to end Congressional pensions and force politicians to save for their own retirement just like everyone else. The legislation ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... the US dollar index is now at its highest level in just over a decade, up by 21.1% in 52 weeks - is taking its toll on America. "The Strong Dollar Just Took a Bite Out of the US Economy" was Bloomberg's headline, reporting that, "The gap between imports ...

AMP Capital trims global infrastructure equity team

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
The latest restructure at the AMP Capital global infrastructure equity team has resulted in three redundancies among the fund manager's top ranks. AMP Capital head of infrastructure for Australia and New Zealand Paul Foster will leave the business ...

Nikko appoints four international sales executives

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... positions in its institutional sales and marketing team. Fred DeSerio has been appointed head of institutional sales for North America, Peter Knight is now head of global product specialists, Daisuke Kono became head of international institutional materials ...

When Japan is blah, the Eurozone is ugh and China is wow

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... (State Street Global Advisors' Probyn pegs China's growth to slow to 7%). "You've got to think of China as if it were America. Australia has to become to China what the UK became to America. You've got to sell them different things and different services ...

When Harry met Sally syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... economic weakness and their deflationary circumstance next door. And by the looks of it, every central banker is looking to America to import the ills and evils in their respective economies. But with the latest stats showing that US real GDP grew by ...

Government to blame for fall in business confidence

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... is moving in the opposite direction because businesses have been disappointed at the government's performance, Bank of America Merryll Lynch chief economist Saul Eslake said at the Financial Standard Chief Economist Forum in Sydney. Eslake said that ...

CFSGAM completes fundraising for European infrastructure fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... pension funds and insurance companies from a diversified client base across Europe, Asia, Australia, Middle East and North America. The fund focuses predominantly on mid-market European companies which CFSGAM said enables it to access traditionally less-competitive ...

Think of China as the new America

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... got to change too." Selling to the Chinese consumer should be the new focus: "You've got to think of China as if it were America. Australia has to become to China what the UK became to America. You've got to sell them different things and different services ...

Reasons to cheer amid gloomy predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... feel optimistic. With the domestic housing boom reaching its peak, construction is set to see "a record year," Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist Saul Eslake told Financial Standard. Perpetual head of investment market research Matt Sherwood ...