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Aussie super funds and Biden's US infra push

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
The Biden administration is putting a $3 trillion infrastructure investment opportunity on the table, which superannuation funds should seize. This is according to Australia's ambassador to the US Arthur Sinodinos, who flagged that the largest capital ...

Chief economist update: Virus now, inflation later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
The inauguration of Joe Biden as the US's 46th president and his almost immediate buckling down to work garnered much of the media's attention last week. Hours after he was sworn in, Biden signed 17 executive orders, memorandums and proclamations ...

Chief economist update: USA Inc is under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
Joggin' Joe hits the ground running. Not soon after he was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States of America, Joe Biden rolled up his sleeves and went to work. Hours after his inauguration, Biden signed 17 executive orders, memorandums ...

Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... campaign. So much so, that, according to Factset: "President Trump signed a combination of memorandums and an executive order on Saturday, following through on a threat to act unilaterally if the White House and congressional Democrats failed to secure ...

Fiduciary rule introduced in United States

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... clients who receive conflicted advice. The rule was slated to come into effect on 10 April but was deferred by an executive order from President Trump out of fear it would harm investors' ability to access financial advice. Though they will still be ...

First of three (or more) coming next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... presidency, there's no reason to doubt that Trump walks his talk. Latest reports that the president has signed an executive order re-imposing the "travel ban" on six countries (formerly seven) -- Yemen, Libya, Iran, Somalia, Syria and Sudan (now excludes ...

Trump's tweets and deeds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... pretty sure that most would mainly remember Trump's tweets and deeds. Everybody and their dogs would recall Trump's executive order barring the citizens of seven Muslim countries - Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen - from US soil for ...

Obama launches myRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... The plan will not require Congressional approval, however, as the president has already signed a Presidential Executive Order creating the myRA individual retirement account program. MyRA, that is My Retirement Account, may not be modelled directly on ...

Good news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... precipitating its own next crisis." Thankfully, this is now being addressed. President Obama will reportedly signed an executive order tomorrow that would create a bi-partisan commission to advise on ways to lower the America's federal budget deficit ...
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