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Combination of fiscal and monetary policy essential for Japan

KERRIE SYDEE | FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016

... with a situation where you've got a very short, sharp, negative shock to the economy that you want to smooth out like say a GFC, but it's not very effective because it doesn't have that permanency." Instead Peter suggests Japan may consider employing ...

Hunter Hall director steps down

MARK SMITH | TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016

... for the moral support and positivity he provided during some of the very difficult moments we experienced as a result of the GFC and of personnel changes. He has also been a great supporter of our ethical and charitable endeavours and his generosity ...

PROFILE: Qantas Super chief executive Michael Clancy

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016

... regulatory change including implementing MySuper and SuperStream and all the regulation that came out of the back end of the GFC. There were issues around strategic planning, managing and getting the most out of your people, the technology platform ...

Super funds return three per cent

MARK SMITH | TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016

... 8.1% pa. The longer term 10-year return is a more modest 5.2% pa although this period incorporates the full effect of the GFC and is overlaid by a lower inflation environment. On an annual basis, Australian equities, often the largest asset class in ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016

... and the relatively high rates banks charge for this credit, this segment makes up only 3% of bank loans. At the time of the GFC, Australian banks' vulnerability to being massively reliant on wholesale largely overseas sourced financing was exposed as ...

Economic wrap

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016

... the global markets. Picking up the theme that has governed global geo-finance since the US subprime crisis which led to the GFC, the report argued that the geopolitical reality behind the future monetary order is that China's global influence is rising ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016

... consulting group said global infrastructure investment has actually declined as a share of GDP in 11 of the G20 economies since the GFC with the biggest cutbacks in the European Union, the US, Russia, and Mexico. Canada, Turkey, and South Africa have ...

Hedge funds battle identity crisis

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016

... investors. AQR Capital Management principal and Australian head Jeff Dunn says, partly forced by regulation in the aftermath of the GFC, the Australian hedge fund industry has been working on transparency for some time. Even regulator ASIC, in its 2015 ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016

... trillion in combined capitalisation and end 2015, according to Worldbank statistics. This is up 90% since 2009 at the depth of GFC albeit global stock market capitalisation only returned to its pre-GFC level in 2014 although the volatility of the first ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016

... pressure and so reduce the overseas holding ratio below the 60% threshold - a level it hasn't been at since the worst of the GFC in 2009. In 2013 only 34% of CGSs were held by global investors, reports the AOFM. ASX index and cap raisings fall in June ...

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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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