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US Senate votes down adviser fiduciary rule

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... law was passed 65-41 meaning it fell well short of the two thirds majority it needs to withstand a presidential veto. As the GOP controls 54 of the Senate's 100 votes it means about a dozen Democrats crossed floor in favour of the Bill. The Senate's ...

Glass-Steagall Act reintroduced to US Senate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... from their investment management activities has been re-introduced into the US Senate. The legislation has been sponsored by GOP, Democrat and Independent Senators Elizabeth Warren, John McCain, Maria Cantwell and Angus King. A statement issued by the ...

US Congress votes to raise debt ceiling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... sponsored legislation to increase the debt ceiling unless President Barack Obama agreed to major budget cuts. The change in the GOP tactics came after President Obama refused to negotiate over Speaker John Boehner's proposed amendments that would undo ...

Time to be fearful?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... it's the gerrymandered majority that rules. While the Big O's Democratic Party has the numbers in the Senate - 52 against the GOP's 46 (and 2 Independents) - he's short of yes men in the House of Representatives - 200 to the GOP's 232 (with 3 seats vacant). ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... as it was the day before the elections. President Barrack Obama remains president. The Democrats control the Senate and the GOP dominates Congress. Yet Wall Street seems to have fallen off a cliff this week. I vowed not to use corny allegories (or is ...

A stock market rally could get Obama over the line

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... reform more likely than repeal. Recent bank scandals mean that even the controversial Volcker Rule is likely to stay under a GOP government, although Romney would have influence over the Financial Stability Oversight Council, likely to benefit non-bank ...

Wen Confucius meets Sun Tzu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... home, China's cheap exports and the undervalued yuan are next in line. Must be because Mitt Romney's looking likely to be the GOP Presidential candidate and China couldn't risk getting on his bad side - just in case he unseats Obama. This is because ...

AMP appoints former AXA heads to merged business

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
AMP Financial Services has made a number of appointments to its key business divisions that see former AXA employees assume senior positions. The appointments come in banking and wealth management products, strategic marketing and sales and wealth protection ...

Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... was created in August. A good effort as it is estimated to add between 1% and 3% to GDP growth, that is if he can get the GOP-hostaged Congress to pass the plan. And Big Ben? Looks like he's more into blahs than action these days. He reassured one and ...

Obama punts on US$300bn jobs package

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... easy as the jobs program announcement has already ignited criticism from influential Republicans. Congress is held by the GOP with 49 seat majority and getting 25 of them to cross the floor won't be easy when they have the fiscally contractionary and ...