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Australian trust in financial services low

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... going through a bit of a trough and if there was a trough that would be unsurprising because we have had a global financial crisis, we have had a number of scandals. From a regulation perspective we see there is certainly a need for a move towards addressing ...

RBA appoints next governor

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... Stevens to steward the RBA through a challenging decade for the Australian economy, which included the global financial crisis, the passing of a once in a generation terms of trade boom, and the rise and fall of an unprecedented mining investment boom. ...

Higher recession risk creates opportunity in large miners: Lazard

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... forever." Hofflin also highlights the lengthy underperformance of the value investment style since the global financial crisis, explaining that the style tends to be less effective during times of market distortions and that the highest future returns ...

Banks launch major consumer protection program today

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... critical for the stability of our financial system. The strength of our banking sector got us through the global financial crisis. "Since then banks have done a lot of work in improving customer satisfaction, strengthening their balance sheets, and making ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... level that delineates optimism from pessimism) which, according to MNI, is "something not seen since the global financial crisis". However, while the latest survey indicated that strains on Chinese businesses have increased, "Increases in Production ...

CalPERS and Moody's settle for $130 million

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... Moody's for a record US$130 million for its erroneous ratings of structured investment vehicles prior to the Global Financial Crisis. The lawsuit tops CalPERS' US$125 million settlement with Standard & Poor's last year, bringing total recovery to US$255 ...

Behavioural coaching is the best route to 'adviser alpha'

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... 2011. The most recent correction is again, relatively mild in historical terms, especially next to the global financial crisis. Bear markets account for about a third of the time that markets have been open over the last 30 years," he said. In the context ...

Martin Currie argues for multi-assets in retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... improving capital preservation and inflation protection. "The volatile total return experience during the global financial crisis (GFC) had led people to lose faith in traditional equity strategies, but we found that by changing the investment focus ...

ETFs benefit from market volatility: SSGA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... the past 10 years, there have been two distinct periods where investors have flocked to ETFs - the 2008 global financial crisis and now," Skelly said. She said this can be demonstrated by looking at net inflows in the oldest and largest ETF in Australia ...

Be alert to recession amid growth headwinds: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... context, its long-run average prior to the boom was a bit above 1%," he said. Through the Asia crisis to the global financial crisis and mining boom-to-bust, Australia has had only three isolated quarters of negative real GDP growth over a quarter of ...