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No BO news till elections please?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... is anti-Bernanke. Last 23 August, the Wall Street Journal reported that Romney "told the Fox Business Network that as president, he would want to install someone new in the Federal Reserve post. Mr. Bernanke's term ends in January 2014." Now there's ...

Market wrap - afternoon

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
The Australian market opened slightly higher after weak leads from Wall Street and European markets. At 1016 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 8.7 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 4,405.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

A stock market rally could get Obama over the line

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
Despite a common perception that the Republican Party is good for business, over the past 12 elections spanning 48 years, the S&P 500 has in fact delivered higher average annual returns under Democratic governments. That's according to a recent paper ...

Five step process for QE3

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
A five step process can help investors ride the US Federal Reserve's latest round of open-ended quantitative easing, said a senior Fidelity Investment head. Even if you are skeptical about the long-term impact of QE3, "it would be a bold call in the ...

Two down, one to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... currency area single. Next stop towards strengthening that singleness: Banking Union. Last night, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso outlined a plan for the ECB to become the Eurozone's banking supervisor - an initial step towards unifying ...

They will or they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... extension of its zero interest rate policy. If not, "It is even possible that the committee would adopt Chicago Fed President Evans' proposal to signal no rate hikes until the unemployment rate has fallen to a specific level (in Evans' version 7%) unless ...

Lazard consolidates Sydney foothold

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... London-based managing director of Bank of America. Garren Cronin, Partner of O'Sullivan Partners - and former senior vice president at Citigroup Investment Banking - will become a managing director of Lazard, and together with his five investment bankers ...

Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... decision, it is a fully effective backstop for removing the tail risk of Europe." With these words, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi put a stop to months of speculation, hearsays and guesswork. Mario announced an open-ended bond buying programme ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... markets opened. The boost came ahead of the release of important jobs numbers Friday, and set a positive background for President Barack Obama's much-awaited address Thursday night to the Democratic Party's convention, kicking off the final stretch of ...

Australian foundations sample impact investing

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... also no need to compromise on return, Ragin said, pointing to the F.B. Heron Foundation, at which he was formerly vice president of investments, achieving financial return in the top third of all US foundations with an impact investment strategy. Grants ...