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Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... Oil at US$10 a barrel! OMG! That's fantabolous - at least, for oil consumers the biggest three of which are the United States, China, Japan. And at least in so far as what this old, ageing bloke learned in Economics 101. Higher oil prices are a tax on ...

Nikko returns global equities to overweight stance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... stance on global equities to moderately overweight from neutral, citing healthy economic growth prospects in the United States. The Tokyo-based company's investment committee maintained an underweight stance on global bonds against US dollar cash for ...

The GFC is still among us: Varoufakis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... European Union is the magnificent construction of the EU spirit. But none of that is true: the EU was created by the United States," he said. Following the end of World War II, "the US, under Truman, took French and German bankers and made a deal. The ...

Senate to investigate white-collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... is like being hit by a lettuce leaf." Australian policy makers are looking at the US system for reference: "The United States, for instance, has double the potential jail-term available as compared to Australia in cases of fraud, insider trading and ...

Super fund chief in Paris for climate talks

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... replace the Kyoto protocol, "There have been some very encouraging developments in recent months." "In particular the United States and China have both come out with encouraging positions in regard to their own domestic policy - completely different ...

Robo revolution to benefit human advisers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
Digital advice tools should be seen as an opportunity, not a threat for the traditional advice market in the United States, according to the UB-based global analytics firm Cerulli Associates. "Many industry stakeholders assume that ongoing advances ...

FEATURE: The circle of life

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... Rajan said lifecycle superannuation funds are gaining traction not only in Australia but globally. He said in the United States about $700 billion has been invested in target-date funds (also known as lifecycle or lifestage) during the last five to 10 ...

International actuaries have consensus on retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
A research paper by actuarial associations in Australia, the United States and United Kingdom criticises governments for tinkering with pension measures that may further confuse those nearing and in retirement. The paper, 'The challenge of longevity ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... investment committee (GIC) said it is less optimistic about the outlook of corporate earnings and share prices in the United States. The committee has also pushed back its forecasted timing of the US Federal Reserve's credit tightening to October from ...

GBST managing director to retire

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... five-fold from $22 million to $114 million. The company employs some 600 people in Australia, Asia, Europe and the United States. Puttick said the board had appointed an international executive search firm and will be reviewing a list of internal and ...