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QIC asks government to step up, break toxic cycle

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... that's going to hit the consumer." But with Australian consumers more indebted than they were prior to the global financial crisis, there is a risk that they stop spending and confidence falls. "Then, you're caught up in very bad spiral where consumers ...

FEATURE: Defending wealth

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... turning to riskier investments to preserve and guarantee their income in this unpredictable environment. The global financial crisis drew a line in the sand for investors. Most talk about the years before the great debacle with nostalgia. They were easier ...

Instos demanding multi-asset alternative strategies

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... investors look to diversify beyond traditional asset classes. "The hedge fund industry has doubled since the global financial crisis and in 2014 we saw more flows into hedge funds than in any year since 2008," said Rupert Smoker, acting general manager ...

Liquidnet to launch first fixed income dark pool

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... and European markets and we felt that the time was right for that." Baldwin explained that prior to the global financial crisis, investment banks were "bastions of liquidity." But new minimum capital requirements have limited investment managers' and ...

Instos doing little to protect portfolios

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... confidence in being able to weather a sharp correction is potentially misplaced. As we saw during the global financial crisis, the traditional diversification strategies adopted by a large number of investors have limitations in preventing significant ...

Bank results underpin wealth management new era

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
As the big four banks prepare for the end of the extraordinary bull run experienced since the global financial crisis, their wealth management arms also gear up for a new era. In a more challenging market and regulatory environment, the focus for the ...

Falling cash rate puts gold in 'sweet spot'

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... explained. At the same time, cash rates globally are at an all-time low, more than 5% lower than before the global financial crisis. "Central banks still see gold as an important component of their monetary reserves, and have been building their holdings ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... readying its most aggressive easing tool since it launched a massive stimulus plan in 2008 to counter the global financial crisis, in a bid to help one of the government's most important economic-rescue initiatives get off the ground". Citing unidentified ...

Industry should help fund ASIC: ANZ

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... reviews they were entitled to, Phillips confirmed that the first instances happened in 2004, before the global financial crisis. She confirmed that there have been 120 complaints so far from clients entitled to a total of $300,000 in compensation. However ...

Hedge funds bare all to seduce instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... officer with pedigree and the promise to deliver alpha are not enough in a market where the memory of the global financial crisis debacle is still fresh. "There is a lot of interest in the alternatives space, particularly from institutional investors ...