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US resistance to DOL fiduciary rule gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... House Speaker Paul Ryan now joining the critics. The DOL has been working on expanding the fiduciary obligation since the GFC when millions of US investors and retirees were impacted by financial advice they believe was inappropriate or not bound by ...

Returns gap fuels 'dashboard' debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... an average rolling three-year basis the performance gap between the two segments is 1% - down from the 3% high during the GFC - this finding is particularly relevant given the bear phase global share markets are currently in, with European and Japanese ...

Margin loans keep pace with shrinking customer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... "key satisfaction drivers". The report added that this "has translated into satisfaction with margin lenders returning to pre-GFC levels." In this regard, Leveraged, CommSec and BT Margin Lending were the most popular options. The report also estimated ...

Industry fund flags DB issues in Fraser review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... gap - but is concerned at moves that would replace employer representatives with independents. It said in the lead up to the GFC the trustee equal representation rules meant that the employer-sponsor investment risk would have been considered key investment ...

Those who want a job can get a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... of 151K jobs last month, for an annual growth rate of 1.9% -- equally as strong, if not stronger, than the boom years pre-GFC. Similarly, the unemployment rate has declined to 4.9% in January - the lowest level since February 2008 - at the same time ...

Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... technological change had the capacity to catch bigger players off-guard but now regulatory and capital concerns in the wake of the GFC have now largely been addressed, institutions were turning their attention to disruptive forces - the likes of which ...

Risks are overstated: AUI

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... valuations on some sectors can't all be borne out. Safe haven stocks are defying gravity while financial stocks are implying GFC-type scenarios. This valuation mismatch cannot be sustained." Commenting on global fixed income, Bill Bovingdon, chief investment ...

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 ...

Ageing Australia will impact budget for next decade

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... the 1980s and 1990s," Fraser said. "As a result, at 25.9% of GDP, spending in 2015-16 is forecast to be close to the post-GFC peak, and could have been higher were it not for the measures taken by the government in MYEFO." Fraser said more recent savings ...

NAB shareholders vote for UK exit

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... Clydesdale Bank in its 2014 full year results. This decision, he added, was driven by "turbulence" in the UK economy following the GFC which resulted in unemployment, falls in property values and a reduction in credit and the liquidity of financial markets. ...