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Here we go again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... stopped and went up. Why? Because - whether or not he was sent by Aunt Janet - Fed Bank of New York President and FOMC voting member William Dudley told us that day that "the pace of eventual rate increases "will probably be relatively slow," depending ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... guesses. You know what they say, "in a world of fools, the sane man is the fool". But Fed Chair Janet Yellen and the nine "voting" members of the FOMC are certainly no fools - dear James is a non-voting member. And only last week, they told us that ...

2014 MAX Award Winners and Finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014

Westfield restructure gets green light, UniSuper to retain holding

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... shopping centres in the UK and US. Westfield Group shareholders have already approved the restructure, with 98 per cent voting in favour of the move last month, but WRT shareholders have been less enthusiastic, especially those who bought into the property ...

Wagging the giant doggie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... over slowing growth in China or a crash in its property market or a liquidity crunch or... all of the above, investors are voting with their wallets and buying (not selling) the dollar-A because they expect the Chinese economy to improve instead? The ...

Mercer grows ESG team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... and Alexis brings international expertise to our global team. "In light of new industry requirements to publish a proxy voting policy and disclose voting results, Alexis will also add her expertise to our advisory work on governance, voting and engagement. ...

Finding alpha in ESG

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... ESG/SRI AGM series. "The Working Group felt that the series was a highly useful body of work that was able to assist proxy voting decisions and company engagement on remuneration issues," ESG RA said. Eighteen papers were nominated this year, 10 by Elaine ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... Memorial Day holiday on Monday. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets drifted up in subdued trading as the region began voting in parliamentary polls, and as investors reacted to global economic data releases and company updates. London's FTSE 100 index ...

Watching you watching me watching you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
... last night. But have no fear the Fed is here. This, at least, is what could be gleaned from New York Fed president - and voting FOMC member -- William Dudley's speech before the New York Association for Business Economics overnight. Though what Dudley ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten