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PROFILE: Head of Australian operations at Western Asset Management Anthony Kirkham

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... manager next month. In this time Western Asset has enjoyed sustained growth, even during the difficult global financial crisis period. "Back in 2007 we had $5 billion under management and now we have nearly $20 billion, so it's been a strong period for ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... milestone and invite your feedback and questions." Notes: 1 Hill, J., 'Why did Australia fare so well in the global financial crisis?', in E. Ferran, N. Moloney, J. G. Hill, and J. C. Coffee, Jr., The Regulatory Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis ...

CBA opens up compensation review to all advice clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... that you were put in." He noted that "the events considered by the Senate Committee occurred during the global financial crisis, at a time when most people, even when well advised, were losing money on their investments." Clients who do not agree with ...

New compass needed for global economy: BIS

NATHALIE OLOF-ORS, AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... essential to move away from debt as the main engine of growth," he insisted. To overcome the legacy of the global financial crisis, policymakers need to go beyond their traditional narrow focus on business cycles, and take on financial cycles, which ...

S&P denied appeal over landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... church groups which lost at least $180 million when AAA-rated investments went sour in the wake of the global financial crisis. The judgement clears the way for the not-for-profit groups to continue their pursuit of a damages claim against S&P relating ...

Advisers, do not read headlines: Kerr Neilson

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... economic trends actually start. He recommended advisers to take a deep breath when alarming words such as global financial crisis (GFC) make the headlines. "You should be asking yourself: is there such a fundamental change to the investment environment ...

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... into de-flation. The financial world is relatively a calmer place relative to what transpired during the global financial crisis and the great recession, the European sovereign debt crisis, the Jasmine Revolution, the Japan earthquake/tsunami, the US ...

Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... 2005 up to early 2007 - the time when people only know the GFC as the Geelong Football Club and not the Global Financial Crisis; the time when you, I and Irene (and even governments and central banks) thought that the good going was going to continue ...

FEATURE: Rethinking fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... about the prospect of rising rates since they fell to record lows around the world in the wake of the global financial crisis. However, with US unemployment nearing the 6% target set by former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, the need to position ...

OMFG! Australia could lose an A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... million ($21 million) to Australian towns for losses on top-rated securities whose value plunged during the global financial crisis..." (Bloomberg)... or whether other countries lodged their own lawsuits against the credit ratings agency: "S&P is now ...