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Insync with beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... If the equivalent of a global financial crisis was to occur again, Kotecha said AB InBev would be ideally placed. "[In the GFC] companies were slashing dividends and raising capital. AB Inbev wouldn't have to do it. They'd take advantage of the low share ...

Super pool reducing Aussie reliance on foreign capital: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... domestic investment. "While companies in other countries had difficulty finding funding during the global financial crisis (GFC), superannuation funds provided an important source of capital for Australian companies refinancing during the GFC," Vamos ...

FEATURE: Defending wealth

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... annually. Retirees comfortably sat back, watched their pot of savings grow and enjoyed their time away from work. Then the GFC hit and suddenly it all changed. Equity and bond markets fell sharply. Some global financial institutions were intervened by ...

Demand waning for finance executives

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... 11% increase as compared to May 2014 - but in June the index fell 15%. "Australia's debt levels are higher than before the GFC, putting a base underneath demand for financial executives," argued E.L Consult managing director Grant Montgomery. Noting ...

FoFA among top 20 global regulatory nightmares

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... funds to prevent them from making speculative investments. The US Dodd-Frank Act, a major regulatory reform following the GFC that has been compared to FoFA, is also listed among the most difficult regulatory challenges. However, the UK's equivalent ...

CBA exec to head Westpac Institutional Bank

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... banker, and is well-recognised for having successfully managed CBA's global funding, liquidity and capital position during the GFC," Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer said. "She has an outstanding track record in managing through complex financial ...

XTB launch opens corporate bonds to retail

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... really been the coming together of a perfect storm for Australian investors and the Australian corporate bond market. The GFC has caused people, globally and in Australia, to think a lot more about capital security, yield, proper asset class diversification ...

Economist asleep over budget investment market impact

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... you look at business conditions indicators or PMIs - they have been slowing a little bit globally. "It's a long way from the GFC and it's a bit better than what we saw two or three years ago but the point is the global economy is holding off. It's still ...

Global finance, resources key to diversification

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... and their correlation with the resources sector. "The financial sector has not been a favourite among investors after the GFC, so it's currently undervalued. "But if you have financials to your global equity strategy that means that you'll have exposure ...

Falling cash rate puts gold in 'sweet spot'

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... banks still see gold as an important component of their monetary reserves, and have been building their holdings since the GFC hit," he said. "Gold is proving to be the ultimate durable investment even when the market is volatile or uncertain," he added. ...