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Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... year? But didn't the polls predict that Trump would be scratched from contention (also last year), much less become the Republican's nominee? Brexit happened! Cameron's government won outright majority! And Donald is just two days away from becoming ...

Trump and Brexit comes back to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
Just when we thought Halloween was over, things are still going bump day and night. Things like the VIX - "fear" - index. It bumped up to a reading of 22.1 overnight, just six points shorts of this year's high of 28.1 reached on the 11th of February. ...

Buffett fires back at Trump tax claims

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... the latest presidential debate by publishing tax returns showing he's never used the tax deduction exploited by the Republican nominee. During the debate with Hillary Clinton, Trump called out the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway in defending his ...

RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... upcoming 2 July Federal elections (but this was called over the weekend)? Or Donald Trump becoming the presumptive Republican nominee? It's none of the above. It is the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) surprise (well, to about half of the central bank's ...

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 ...

US resistance to DOL fiduciary rule gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... create excessive compliance burden. The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Republican Senator Ron Johnson, has meanwhile criticised the DOL for ignoring concerns raised by the Securities and Exchanges Commission ...

The GFC is still among us: Varoufakis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... support of representatives from the entire global political spectrum, "from the libertarian Tea Party wing of the [US] Republican Party to the extreme anarchists of Barcelona." However, "I decided to resign on the night of the 5 July because my Prime ...

Bad news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... the government shuts down at the end of the month - up from 67% last week. Collender chalks this up to increasing "Republican-on-Republican violence." The last time the America closed for business was in October 1-16, 2013. The US Bureau of Economic ...

OPINION: Why ditching the monarchy makes sense in the Asian century

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... Century. This is a mistake. Identity, belonging and symbolism are important in Asia. The rebirth of the Australian Republican Movement provides an opportunity for the business community to consider engaging in the important debate on Australia's identity. ...

US schools should teach finlit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... arguing it will result retirement fund members having reduced access to information. It has meanwhile been reported that Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee have told the head of the Securities Exchanges Commission (SEC), Mary ...