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Confidence slip

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017

... reading of +14 in March, more than reversing the 3-point decline in the previous month. This is the highest reading since the GFC (+15 on January 2008, to be exact) driven by largely by a jump in trading conditions (up 10 points to +22 from +12) and ...

Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 10 APR 2017

... the unemployment rate dropped from 4.7% to 4.5% in March - the lowest level since the height of the economic expansion pre-GFC - despite the participation rate remaining unchanged at 63.0%. If there's still slack in the US labour market, it's quickly ...

Plato fund oversubscription heralds income appetite

ALEX BURKE | WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017

... told Financial Standard that when the strategies were initially launched back in 2010, "no one was interested, but after the GFC they started thinking about it." "What we set about doing was delivering a higher income than the market, and optimise it ...

ECB nips the bud of rate hike speculations

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017

... to the fourth quarter of 2016, decent but still far below the mid- to high 3% growth the region was experiencing before the GFC. The slack in the economy is also explained by unemployment rate. While the rate of joblessness has come down from a high ...

Confidently improving

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017

... when the index hit its nadir at -26.2 back in December 2012 (mainly due to Grexit) and longer-term at -34.5 in March 2009 (GFC). This is consistent with earlier reports showing improving economic fundamentals in the region. However, increased terrorist ...

Implemented Portfolios launches bespoke IMA offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017

... clearly technology is enabling far more effective portfolio implementation than ever before," Elliot said. Elliot found the GFC demonstrated that charging high fees "at the big brand wire house wasn't sprinkling gold dust on their portfolios after all," ...

Margin lending investors keen to borrow more

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017

... Despite this adversity, it is noteworthy that the number of margin lending investors fell at the slowest annual rate since the GFC," Peker said.

Global infrastructure goes for growth in 2017

EMMA RAPAPORT | THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017

... every major economy from the US to Japan was coming out of a decade of sluggish growth. "We're finally moving out of a post-GFC period of really sluggish global growth, and we're seeing the big superpowers of the US, China, and Europe all reporting very ...

Former Fidelity chief joins boutique manager

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017

... international equities fund, The Supervised Fund, into which Supervised Investments Limited was subsequently merged. Following the GFC, Supervised Investments Australia saw fit to adapt to the uncertain financial landscape by expanding its investment ...

Global investors missed turning point

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017

... issue and is less structurally threatening than the far bigger demographic issue of shrinking workforces," Kotecha says. "The GFC coincided with the first signs that the usual 'fill-up' of new workers in to economies was stalling. It effectively masked ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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