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Doom(ed) rebound?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... halfway there. The S&P 500's only down 10.5% from its peak. But just as the tough economic and investment environment of the GFC years prodded central banks to act, we are now witnessing the same. Yes, we can debate the good, the bad, the ugly or even ...

SMSFs ramp up trading in turbulent markets

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... shows. CommSec SMSFs trading patterns for the week ending 28 August 2015, which included the biggest single day drop since the GFC, shows an increase in total trade volumes, with overall net buying among SMSFs. "The increase in trading volumes favouring ...

Pessimistic investment horizon for super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... owners is at best pessimistic because the financial services industry is yet to fully wake from the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) chair Martin Skancke said few asset owners, and particularly pension funds ...

The GFC is still among us: Varoufakis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, spoke recently in Sydney and argued that economic unrest in China is a sign that "the GFC is still with us." Speaking at a Macquarie Graduate School of Management event in Sydney, Varoufakis said that the economic ...

Advice M&A deals boom after years of stagnation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... said. "They're coming in with large capital, but also with disruptions. They see that the US and UK markets were wiped by the GFC. The US has 850 fewer dealer groups today. But the Australian market was spared thanks to the mining boom." Prendeville ...

APRA debates whether "to model or not to model"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... internal models in the Basel framework in 1996 and then credit and operational risk models in Basel II, he said that up until the GFC, "models reigned supreme... Regulators even calibrated the framework to provide significant incentives for banks to ...

Tax reform must not betray women

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... appetite for risk is important when placed in the context of lower super balances and the gender pay gap, which has widened post-GFC.

PROFILE: REI Super chief executive Mal Smith

DARREN SNYDER, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... reactions," he explains, but admits that at the time the industry "didn't have the contingency plans in place. "During the GFC, most of the financial services industry was kept on the back foot and was very reactive to it. But we got through it," he ...

Lift-off off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... haven't registered any positive year-on-year growth in each and every month of 2015 through to August - the first time since the GFC days of 2009. Certainly makes a convincing argument against a lift sometime soon and instead for a QE re-launch or negative ...

GFC drove advisers to managed accounts

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
The GFC was a defining chapter in the growth of managed accounts, according to panelists at the 2015 Financial Standard Best Practice Managed Accounts Forum. Speaking on a panel chaired by managedaccounts.com.au chief executive David Heather, Paradigm ...