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Treysta moves $200 million funds under advice into managed accounts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... through the rigour - and wringer - of several rounds of regulatory reforms since 1989. But after the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), it needed to be a cut above the rest in order to grow. And so it embarked on a business decision that is unconventional ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015

So bad it could only be good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... (RRR) which the PBOC has already taken down from 20%in January to 18% last month. This was cut to 15.5% back during the dark GFC days of 2009. And if all else fails, there's always QE. As 'The Economist' magazine explains in its 7 September blog titled ...

Women fail to break into the industry's last boys club

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... over the last years and, if anything, the overall number has decreased. "Lots of women took redundancy packages during the GFC. In investment banks and stockbroking firms, the size of the teams shrunk," she said. Allfrey explained that being portfolio ...

New SMSFs slowing as boomers retire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... 2015. While this can be partly attributed to the SMSF sector reaching "critical mass" after rapidly accelerated growth post-GFC, Perpetual Private head of strategic advice Colin Lewis suggested it may also be because baby boomers exiting the accumulation ...

Four pillars policy is killing innovation: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... research report 'Competition in financial services' acknowledges that the policy made sense prior to the global financial crisis (GFC) because it prevented major players to merge with each other. "But the unintended consequences of the policy in a post ...

A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... bend. By now, Virginia, you would have read all about "Bloody Monday" - when "ASX loses $60 billion in worst day since the GFC" (9news.com.au) or "More than $70 billion wiped from Australian stock market" (SBS) and other headlines impressing the point ...

Retirees still cautious about another GFC

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
About one-fifth of retired seniors have kept their savings invested in shares post the global financial crisis (GFC) according to a study by National Seniors Australia and Challenger. The study was based on survey responses of about 2000 retirees, of ...

ASX records $400m profit

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... Council of Financial Regulators review of cash equities clearing was expected soon and that post Global Financial Crisis (GFC) regulatory settings were largely in place. Among its full-year results, the ASX recorded total revenues of more than $700 million ...

BT reveals winners of national awards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... volume rebates empowered it to reinvent its proposition. "It was a fair bit of revenue to give up and it was the height of the GFC but we knew it was the right thing to do," he said.