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High risk investors lose appetite for risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... the chance of capital loss is non-existent." However he warned: "Banks' love affair with cash may soon be over, as the Basel III framework moves into operation next January. As part of this, banks will likely start offering interest rates for tier-one ...

Hedge fund maestro Hintze voices concern over regulation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... investment industry has had to adapt to sweeping policy interventions in the wake of the GFC such as Dodd Frank in the US and Basel III globally. "Normally we say 'don't waste a good crisis' but every regulator around the world is beating their chest," ...

Cash Converters to raise $60m through bond issue

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... ASX-listed. Paton told Financial Standard that FIIG has more than 30 similar transactions in the pipeline. He said that, with Basell III requirements making it more difficult for banks to lend to businesses, the issuing of corporate bonds will become ...

Investor confidence drives advice growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... increased by 22% in the 12 months to May 2013 thanks to the return in investor confidence," Investment Trends senior analyst Recep III Peker said. "This has helped boost planners' confidence, their outlook and their business profitability." The average ...

Peak6 $1bn capital raise boosted by Aussie instos

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... financials as they try to improve their liability positions in the face of tighter regulatory measures arising from Basel III.

Basel III to see banks focus on longer-term depositors

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... more products, according to ING DIRECT's executive director distribution Lisa Claes. Although the final details of the Basel III regulations are yet to be finalised in Australia, Claes believes the incentive to provide single customers with multiple ...

Conservative financial services job market in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... drive much of the hiring in 2013 as firms seek risk and compliance specialists to help them grapple with the likes of Basel III, Dodd-Franks and the Future of Financial Advice reforms, said the report. "Candidates in much of the financial sector will ...

Diamond in the region

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... the MSCI Emerging Markets Index over the same period and the 10.2% rise in the MSCI World Index. President Benigno Aquino III's policies - increased government spending, war against corruption and general good governance - appear to be working and have ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... point last June, the DJ Euro Stoxx index lost only 5.5%. 3 A yet-unannounced candidate takes the White House. Who? 5 Basel III and regulation force 50 bank nationalisations in Europe. I couldn't find the list of nationalised banks in Europe this year ...

Abernathy snubs IMF liquidity drivel

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... are well behind with their reforms. "It is well documented that Australia's four largest banks already comply with the Basel III capital requirements whilst the great bulk of European banks do not," he said. "[The IMF's] commentary on Australian banks ...