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US considers retirement reforms

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
As part of a broader effort to get the US debt position under control, President Obama's deficit commission has proposed raising the retirement age and commencing a serious discussion around increasing retirement savings. It echoes the kind of debate ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... withdraw "exceptional" stimulus measures. Not when it's more than European pride that's at stake this time around. ECB President Trichet hinted last night that the Bank could decide as soon as tomorrow to step up bond purchases. Think, I've been saying ...

China, Russia dump USD for bilateral trade

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... greenback's instability and sliding relevance. "About trade settlement, we have decided to use our own currencies," Russian president Vladimir Putin told the China Daily. The initiative has already seen trading commence between the Chinese yuan and Russian ...

Global private equity firms invest in OzForex

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
The $100 billion private equity firm Carlyle Group, which has links to some influential world leaders, has invested in OzForex, the retail foreign exchange provider part-owned by Macquarie Private Wealth. The size of the investment was not disclosed ...

Fed & RBA on the ball

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... goes, it's going... to do something, that is. It's got the weight of Europe plus the IMF against it. European Council president Herman van Rompuy has even upped the ante, declaring that '"We're in a survival crisis. We all have to work together in order ...

Suncorp Life sells Tyndall to Nikko AM

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... managers operate with a high degree of autonomy. "We believe the fit is extremely complementary," said Bill Wilder, president and chief investment officer at Nikko AM. The Japan-based fund manager's assets effectively rose by 20 per cent following the ...

QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... QE2 is also coming under attack from within. In a speech before the Association of Financial Professionals, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher said, "I asked that the FOMC consider that we might be prescribing the wrong medicine for the ailment from ...

Vanguard chairman to retire

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... Richmond, Virginia, where he served in economic research. His first role at the firm was as an assistant to Vanguard President and founder John C. Bogle. He was subsequently named head of Vanguard Planning and Development, before returning to Australia ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... Malaysia Governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz told Bloomberg Television yesterday she favors a gradual strengthening of the ringgit. President Juan Manuel Santos has said Colombia may take additional steps this week to ease the peso's rally and Chilean President ...

Rare opportunities in US real estate

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... employment levels remain relatively stable and supply of new housing is constrained. Michael Streicker, senior vice president at Sentinel, told Financial Standard that the rental yields on offer in the US multi-family market are currently in the range ...