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Lazard implements new leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... investment banking. Prior to Lazard, Orszag served as the director of the office of management and budget in the Obama Administration. "Peter is the optimal choice as the next chief executive of Lazard," Lazard lead independent director Richard D. Parsons ...

Key finance figures in Biden Cabinet

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... serves as president of the Obama Foundation. He was the senior international economic adviser during the Obama administration. If confirmed, he would be the first African American deputy secretary at the Treasury Department. Another notable female finance ...

Macron won't stop populist tide: William Blair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... integrating it into our investment decisions in February of 2010, when we saw the Tea Party emerge during the Obama administration. And despite what happened in France recently, it isn't going away: geopolitical and macro risks arising out of populism ...

US Senate votes down adviser fiduciary rule

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... even went so far as saying: "It's just another example of the wet blanket, the regulatory approach of the Obama Administration." Democrat senators responded, however, arguing the fiduciary rule would level the playing field between investment institutions ...

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 insurance agency fined US$200,000

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... that consolidates most federal consumer financial protection authority into one place. It was formed by the Obama administration through an Act of Congress following the GFC. Its scope covers consumers and their mortgages, credit cards, or various other ...

No BO news till elections please?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... diplomats said." The reason is obvious but according to the report, a senior EU official told Reuters that, "The Obama administration doesn't want anything on a macroeconomic scale that is going to rock the global economy before November 6." Of course ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... the eurozone crisis. Falls in tech stocks ruled the day as the US Supreme Court's ruling in favour of the Obama administration's controversial health care law had little overall effect on trade. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday closed down ...

Philanthropy needs simpler support: Perpetual Private

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... rest of the population in the form of higher taxes. Britain is not alone in re-assessing incentives with the Obama administration also questioning revenue impact amid moves to limit the amount of giving that can be deducted from taxable income. For Australia ...

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... Bank of China and other Asian central banks, among others, implement more stimulus measures. We've seen the Obama administration sign into law a bill that extends a payroll-tax cut through to the end of 2012, prolongs extended unemployment benefits ...
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