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Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... the outcome is more or less the same -- the US dollar remains undervalued against Europe and overvalued against emerging nations. America cannot hope to increase its exports - no matter how cheap -- to the moribund economies of Europe by very much. Especially ...

Swan weighs in on currencies, promotes reform agenda

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... global capital markets. "If the global recovery is going to be balanced, and above all if it is to be sustained, developing nations are going to have to see a faster rate of growth of domestic demand. At the same time, developed countries need to undertake ...

RMB rise to benefit local investors

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... transaction, and China last year launched a private pilot program to allow selected areas to trade in Yuan with ASEAN nations. Wu urged advisers to look at the bigger picture when investing in the region and particularly China, rather than "just 2 or ...

Good for nothing war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... snipers are aimed at America and the Eurozone as it tries to take down the yen against the US dollar and the euro. Emerging nations are engaging in guerrilla tactics in order not to give ground to "the enemies". Britain is reportedly going to enlist ...

Banks to raise capital reserves

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... raise the reserves, with a maximum of 2.5 percent in boom times. All recommendations made must be ratified by the G-20 nations this year with a deadline of January 1m 2013 set for member nations accept the new rules, known as Basel III. Overall, the ...

AMP hires environment, social governance expert

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... engineering consultancies WSP Group, CH2M Hill and Dames and Moore (URS). Kirkman will be responsible for employing the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investing (UNPRI) and ESG considerations, and will facilitate the continued implementation ...

More million dollar members for MDRT

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... over 31,500 members of the world's life insurance and financial services professionals from 464 companies in more than 80 nations and territories. The group recently hosted an international forum with over 6,000 members present.

Food security back on the radar

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... the contentious issue of genetically modified food." Walker believes that it is the higher average wage in developing nations that is also having an effect. "The average wage is improving to the point that people are earning more than what is required ...

Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... stop me 'Cause I'm having a good time having a good time." -Queen According to Bloomberg, "The MSCI gauge of 24 developed nations jumped 2.4 percent to its highest level since May 13 and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 2.2 percent...The MSCI Asia ...

CFSGAM aims for top quartile UN PRI performance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... the UN PRI. At a briefing yesterday, CFS GAM said they want to rank at the top of the pile across five of the six United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) by the next financial reporting year. The fund manager has published its third ...