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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... Australian market on Wednesday, reached a new six-year high, finishing above 5,600 for the first time since the global financial crisis. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 35 points, or 0.62 per cent, at 5,622.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... points. Britain's economy grew 0.8 per cent between April and June, overtaking levels it achieved before the global financial crisis, the Office for National Statistics said. The economy is now 0.2 per cent bigger than before its pre-GFC peak in early ...

S&P, ABN Amro appeals rejected in landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... synthetic derivatives - CPDOs - that were arranged by ABN AMRO, rated AAA by S&P and sold by LGFS prior to the global financial crisis. The Full Court has extended the force of the original November 2012 judgement, ruling that the defendants were each ...

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 ...