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Court rules against S&P in Lehmann Brothers class action

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... decision to give AAA ratings to complex derivative products sold by Lehman Brothers in the lead up to the global financial crisis. The Federal Court ruled in favour of the claimants in September 2012, but S&P tried to set the claim aside last year. The ...

New entrants drive growth in global equities sector

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... months the global equities sector has seen the highest number of new entrants since before the onset of the global financial crisis, a report by investment research house Lonsec Research (Lonsec) has revealed. Lonsec's Global Equities Sector Review found ...

David Murray gives first insight into FSI

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... fairness and accessibility," he said. The FSI will be looking at concentration in the industry following the global financial crisis and whether it affects competition. "We don't try to look for just concentration of the players in the industry itself ...

FEATURE: Re-imagining Australia's financial future

STAFF WRITERS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... and Investments Commission (ASIC). And now it seems, after the structural changes brought about by the global financial crisis, another investigation is more than necessary. In November 2013 a joint release between Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Treasurer ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... market on Thursday, the last trading session before the Easter break, finished one per cent off a post-global financial crisis high. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 33.9 points, or 0.63 per cent, to 5,454.2 while. The broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... to post first half results. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed at its highest level since the global financial crisis in mid-2008, boosted by a range of positive drivers. Rising consumer confidence amid positive global economic growth forecasts ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... points. But the CAC 40 in Paris jumped 0.42 per cent to 4,449.33 points, its highest close since before the global financial crisis started in 2008. Milan soared by 1.38 per cent and Madrid by 1.42 per cent. As expected, the European Central Bank kept ...

Incoming NAB CEO to look at "legacy issues"

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... will continue with." Chaney paid tribute to Clyne'sA leadership. "Cameron took over as CEO during the global financial crisis and developed an effective strategy to steer the bank through a challenging period during which it has undergone significant ...

ASFA and AIST push for tighter regulation of SMSFs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... regulation means SMSF trustees are not sufficiently protected against consumer risk, such as those posed by the global financial crisis. One answer to this was mandating the use of financial planners. "ASFA has previously advocated that consumer protection ...

FoFA uncertainty presents good buying opportunity

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... that when FoFA was being planned around two and a half years ago, investors were already reeling from the global financial crisis. Meanwhile, as advisers were engineering their business models to adapt to a new regulatory framework they were unable able ...