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MetLife refocuses on middle classes with direct distribution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... Georgia and South Carolina almost as a hybrid digital and human interaction 'clicks and mortar' approach. The Wall Street Journal reported that the new strategy is partly in response to pressure from MetLife shareholders to diversify their reliance away ...

Punishing Putin (harder)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... hurting Russia without hurting themselves -- and with his popularity rating "now over 80%" according to the Wall Street Journal, I don't expect Putin to submit to these newly imposed sanctions at the same time that I don't expect US and Europe to go ...

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... undertaking outright open-ended purchases of government bonds of stressed members in the secondary markets. As the Wall Street Journal puts it, "Yield spreads between government bonds of Portugal, Spain and Italy have fallen sharply since then versus ...

BNP, US prosecutors near $US9bn settlement

AFP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... pay $US8 billion to $US9 billion and accept other punitive measures for violating American sanctions, The Wall Street Journal reports. US regulators and BNP Paribas executives are trying to hash out a settlement following charges the bank breached US ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... Monday, Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor (Economic) Christopher Kent delivers a speech to the Wall Street Journal's Labour Market Developments gathering in Sydney. Indian High Commissioner Biren Nanda, South Australian Trade Minister Martin ...

International media question Australia's "austerity budget"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... consecutive growth, tackling the widening deficit has become a political issue," the British paper said. The Wall Street Journal echoed concerns among Australian economists and analysts that the budget cuts will hit consumer confidence "at exactly the ...

US fight over adviser fiduciary rules nears end

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... resolution, the price of this resolution is that it has retreated back to just improved disclosure rules. The Wall Street Journal has reported that the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) is soon to announce its final position on the long run argument ...

Traffic light trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... economists Ting Lu and Xiaojia Zhi think that the numbers were likely distorted by the Lunar New Year. The Wall Street Journal Marketwatch quoted them saying that, the "... PMI data are heavily seasonally adjusted, but the seasonal adjustment is quite ...

Unwind for Xmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... is. How bad? PIMCO's Gross now sees at least a 50-50 chance of a December taper. Jon Hilsenrath wrote on the Wall Street Journal that taper is on the table. Although for the life me, I can't quite figure out exactly what Jon's saying - with one hand ...

Trick or treat?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... considered the Fed's mouthpiece. Jon was the one who started the first Fed taper episode when he wrote in the Wall Street Journal on 10 May that, "Federal Reserve officials have mapped out a strategy for winding down an unprecedented $85 billion-a-month ...