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Seesaw on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... Here's what Atlanta Fed president Dennis Lockhart said about it. "You have to remember that we are a legal creature of Congress and that we only have a mandate to concern ourselves with the interest of the United States"....and St. Louis Fed's James ...

US insurance agency fined US$200,000

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... federal consumer financial protection authority into one place. It was formed by the Obama administration through an Act of Congress following the GFC. Its scope covers consumers and their mortgages, credit cards, or various other financial products ...

SEC adviser exams could cost US$310m

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... US$310 million. Training consultant 'RIA in a Box' released its analysis last week following sentiment that a Bill before Congress to 'user charge' investment advisers for professsional examinations is re-gathering momentum and could be presented to ...

Ray Martin to open FPA 2014 Conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... Journalist and media personality Ray Martin will be opening this year's Financial Planning Association (FPA) Professionals' Congress in Adelaide. Martin will host the inaugural discussion along with former supermodel and writer Tara Moss, Punchbowl Boys' ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... said trading was expected to slow in the afternoon ahead of US Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen's testimony to Congress on Tuesday night (AEST). The major banks were mixed as the first review of the financial system in 17 years was released in ...

Yellen yawn turn to Yellen yikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... - from her rhetoric of days gone by - when she delivers her semi-annual testimony on US monetary policy before the US Congress. And Janet Yellen didn't. We've heard it all: "Although the economy continues to improve, the recovery is not yet complete." ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... slumped 24.03 (0.54 per cent) to 4,416.39. Nasdaq fell as low as 4,389.70 earlier in the session after a Fed report to Congress said smaller stocks in social media and biotechnology "appear substantially stretched". The report was released in conjunction ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... said trading was expected to slow in the afternoon ahead of US Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen's testimony to Congress on Tuesday night (AEST). The major banks were mixed as the first review of the financial system in 17 years was released in ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... recent increases in employment, housing demand and confidence. "(Fed Reserve chair) Janet Yellen's testimony before the US Congress this week will be of particular interest because the market is beginning to focus on the fact that inflation is nudging ...

Platinum steps up focus on adviser market

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... Planning Association (FPA) has revealed that Platinum Asset Management will be its main sponsor for its 2014 Professionals Congress in Adelaide in November. In an interview with Financial Standard in April, Platinum co-founder and managing director Kerr ...