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RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
It's May! Time to go away! Somehow I think the Australian equity market didn't get this memo. Like a thumb - not the sore one but the one in the OK sign - the All Ordinaries index stuck out with a 0.8% gain in the first week of May while most others ...

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
Momentum is building against the US Department of Labor's (DOL) proposed fiduciary rule for retirement advisers with House Speaker Paul Ryan now joining the critics. The DOL has been working on expanding the fiduciary obligation since the GFC when millions ...

Death tax would save budget billions: Costello

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... kinds of taxes have been used for years by many countries including the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Canada, the Republic of Ireland and some states in the US. Australia did abolish death duties in 1979 but there are now calls to reintroduce ...

Australian expats pension protected

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... working in more than one country. These agreements are with Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia ...

The GFC is still among us: Varoufakis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
Greece's former Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, spoke recently in Sydney and argued that economic unrest in China is a sign that "the GFC is still with us." Speaking at a Macquarie Graduate School of Management event in Sydney, Varoufakis said that ...

Bad news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
"I got chills, they're multiplying." Risks are again off the table as the bad news flow keeps on flowing. Most of them we already know and some are just coming to the fore. The uncertainty over the "when" of the Fed's first step towards policy normalisation. ...

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
... author and journalist Peter FitzSimons as chairman and Tim Mayfield as national director. The latest iteration of the republic debate offers a chance for leaders in business to think about our image and identity in the Asian Century as well as the economic ...

The horse still refuses to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... and very important discourse going on even as I type - Heyon, marriage equality and that renewed push for an Australian Republic. And who's to say Tony didn't get anything done? He stopped the boats didn't he? Sadly, if the current thrust in Australian ...

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... heightened uncertainty and collapsing markets around the globe by... talking marriage equality and bringing back the Republic v Monarchy debate. Thanks, Tony and Joey. I'm kidding, of course - then again, maybe it's true. The thing is the Australian ...