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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... negatively on growth? Recall what NY Fed pres William Dudley told his audience at the Bloomberg Markets Most Influential Summit in New York just about a month ago: "If the dollar were to strengthen a lot, it would have consequences for growth... We would ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... while Frankfurt's DAX 30 index shed 0.66 per cent to 8,987.80 points. European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi at the EU summit in Brussels said states needed to make efforts to avoid the eurozone relapsing into recession. Germany and France have clashed ...

Instos get serious about climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
Last month's United Nations Climate Summit saw a flurry of announcements from some of the world's major institutional investors, ranging from pledges to divest from fossil fuels, to calls on governments to introduce carbon pricing. But how serious are ...

Insurers worried about striking balance between claims and price

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... companies' execs and employees who took part in the survey that was conducted at the recent AIA Australia Group Insurance Summit said that rising premiums "overwhelmingly remain the most pressing issue for industry professionals." As many as 81% of them ...

HESTA CEO calls for carbon pricing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... introduce carbon pricing in an effort to push more money into low-carbon investments. Speaking at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York yesterday, Corboy said HESTA was willing to work with governments to enact carbon pricing reforms. "Without ...

Expect more regulation on 'too-big-to-fail': Hockey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... Financial Stability Board (FSB) is expected to release a proposal for additional international requirements at the G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane in November. "We have made substantial progress in addressing the problem of institutions that are "too ...

Global investors call for action on climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... ways in which governments can facilitate more green investment. The statement comes ahead of the United Nations Climate Summit to be held on Tuesday. "There is a significant gap between the amount of capital that will be required to finance the transition ...

Thrills, spills and chills

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... GDP by more than 2 per cent by 2018 above the trajectory implied by policies in place at the time of the St Petersburg Summit in 2013". The full list of promises here. And for a bit of domestic flavour, the Australian dollar's still holding below US$0.90. ...

ANZ Swiss partnership attracts $1bn from private clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... and they bring a custom basket of international equities to our discretionary account," Phillips said at the Bloomberg Summit. Phillips expressed concern that between 10 to 15% of private client's assets managed by ANZ are sitting in cash. "There is ...

Magellan sees "real tensions" in launching ASX-listed fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... putting that on an exchange which has its own disclosure regime and requirements," Cairns said, speaking at the Bloomberg Summit yesterday. "That is not easy at all," he admitted, and added that "this is a problem that we see here, in the [United] States ...