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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... Foundation that sponsored the study said Americans are becoming better informed and educated about their finances. Pres Obama's US oil production boom At the GOP National Convention in Cleveland this week some speakers accused President Obama of trying ...

US Senate votes down adviser fiduciary rule

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... retirement advisers to act in the clients' best interests and limit conflicted remuneration payments has been championed by the Obama White House since the GFC but has proved controversial stirring up heated resistance from a chorus of industry bodies ...

Republican brands Dodd-Frank "regulatory waterboarding"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
A top House Republican has accused the Obama administration of engaging in "regulatory waterboarding" when it comes to monitoring banks. House Financial Services Committee chairman Jeb Hensarling said the Dodd-Frank reforms, which increase the oversight ...

SEC to run ad campaign promoting online consumer adviser checks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... Interests obligation. The reform proposals have been vigorously resisted by the securities industry ever since President Obama initiated the reforms following the GFC. Legislation underpinning the reform is not expected to pass the House as Speaker Paul ...

US resistance to DOL fiduciary rule gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... of the issue but sustained resistance to the proposal by the securities industry has seen the proposal held up. President Obama, in his final year in office, has however sought to advance the issue and while this has prompted regulators to advance their ...

RBA to deliver nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... better resume - way, way better -- than I do. He was the former adviser to US president Bill Clinton and US president Barack Obama -- yes, not one but two US presidents -- and is also a consultant at PIMCO. Sperling addressed the Diggers and Dealers ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... set to open lower following sharp falls on Wall Street on fresh worries about a Greek debt default as US President Barack Obama called on Greece to enact reforms. At 0815 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down 47 points ...

US fiduciary reforms will rock pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... accounts, and increased costs for saving". Concern over the fiduciary reform is stepping up following statements by President Obama last month that the DOL should get on with its reform notwithstanding there is still cross-party resistance to the reform ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street moved mainly slightly higher following US President Barack Obama's proposed $US4.0 trillion budget loaded with spending and tax reforms. At 0849 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index ...

Shanghai-HK Connect connects China to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... news syndrome like Wall Street had been. Or is it the connect between Chinese president Xi Jinping and US president Barrack Obama at the APEC summit or his handshake connect with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe? Ahh yes, Virginia, you know where I'm ...