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US ceiling raised but underlying reasons remain

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... cannot move beyond structural issues in its finance system. "We believe policymakers have shown an inability to take politics out of the equation and deal with the country's long-term fiscal imbalances. The legislation proposes to save about US$2.1 trillion ...

D-E-B-T

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... doesn't matter which party wants higher taxes or deeper spending cuts, the other will take the opposite view. That's politics for you, I and Irene. With two weeks to go, my guess is that most money managers' index finger is doing an "eenie-meenie-miny-mo" ...

Fear is in the air

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... as Bernanke, Dudley Fuel Concerns About Global Growth Thai Stocks Slump Seventh Day After Credit Suisse Cuts Rating on Politics Swiss Stocks Decline for Fifth Day; Logitech, UBS Lead Benchmark SMI Lower Emerging-Market Stocks Fall Amid Global Growth ...

All good but for the dollar A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... rates - the economy's expected to come good anyway. Might be because The Economist Magazine recently described Australian politics as a "non-stop Punch and Judy show" and our "current political leaders, with notable exceptions, are perhaps the least ...

Janus sifts through sectors for EM value

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... portfolios, having a robust, diversified deep portfolio of securities and having an acute awareness of country risk and politics. "We think the next 10 years in emerging markets are going to be a lot more boring, frankly. It's going to be a lot more ...

Record NSW election loss could slow federal reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... through with its threat to tear up the NSW electricity generation sales contracts. If that happens, regardless of the politics, it could damage confidence in governance and the appetite for asset sales.

Movers and shakers of 2010

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
Regulatory reforms, politics, and high profile M&A activity dominated the financial services landscape this year - Financial Standard looks back at the stories that shook up the industry this year. It was an extraordinary year in Australian politics. ...

More voice needed in policy debate: AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... directly, and indirectly, to our members?" he said. AustralianSuper is no stranger to making its voice heard, particularly in politics and adequacy issues. Prior to the election, Silk urged politicians, especially the independents, to rank superannuation ...

ISN renews push for 12pc SG

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... parliament to unanimously vote for the increase. It would be an incredibly positive signal in the 'new paradigm' of Australian politics," David Whiteley, chief executive of ISN, which represents Industry super funds, said. The call coincides with new ...

End the factions: Shorten

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... pushing the superannuation agenda in terms of national rather than sectional interests. "We need to take the suffocating politics out of superannuation, some of the bickering, some of the industry navel gazing and insularity. The Monty Python like comedy ...