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HNWI financial advice demand falls: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
... almost all HNWI expect to face investment-related challenges in 2018, and the perceived threat of another global financial crisis and difficulties in investment selection are major concerns. Credit Suisse found the number of Australian millionaires rose ...

Down, down business conditions are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... necessary skills". We, Australians all, may just get higher pay increases we haven't been getting since the global financial crisis - around 4.0% wage growth pre-GFC and 2.0% as at the September quarter. But note Alan's statement that "wage costs are ...

LGIAsuper grows executive team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... management from $3 billion to more than $11 billion. "His leadership helped LGIAsuper emerge from the Global Financial Crisis as one of Australia's best-performing super funds," LGIAsuper chair John Smith said. "With David focusing on investments, Noonan ...

Beyond 6000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... point mark. The first attempt was in May 2008 when it reached a high of 5908.08 points that year. The global financial crisis, the European sovereign debt crisis, the Arab spring, and China's slowdown (which battered Australia's mining sector) prevented ...

S&P hit with historic court decision

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... individuals, councils across Australia, significant charitable organisations and churches - in the lead-up to the global financial crisis. Participating investors have been granted leave to pursue a "tort of deceit" claim, which alleges that S&P deliberately ...

Jobs galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... "showed more companies are finding it more difficult to find suitable workers than at any time since the global financial crisis in 2008." The $64 million dollar question is whether the tightening Australian labour market translates into a pick-up in ...

On the road to normal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... its lowest level this year, which is in line with the readings of the boom years (2005-2007) before the global financial crisis hit. Speaking of boom, the US equity markets are having one of its own with all major equity indices - S&P 500; Dow Jones ...

Beware creative debt packaging: Robeco

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... into the trap of chasing yields and creatively packaging debt again - reminiscent of the lead up to the Global Financial Crisis, a fixed income expert says. Robeco Singapore fixed income chief executive Maurice Meijers said investment banks that are ...

Passive versus active is crippling: QIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... benchmarks by intelligently exploiting desired risks and avoiding undesired ones," King said. "With the Global Financial Crisis and subsequent quantitative easing era as live stress tests, we show that there is value in allocating dynamically across ...

Asset managers feeling profit squeeze

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
Profit margins of asset managers globally contracted for the first time since the Global Financial Crisis, research from the Boston Consulting Group shows, warning fee pressures are continuing to rise across the industry. Despite global assets under ...