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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 ...

Research houses to blame for advice catastrophes: AIOFP

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... legislation has not addressed "the core reasons" why some funds and investment schemes failed following the global financial crisis. "The previous Labor government erroneously levelled the blame for this environment at the product commission environment ...

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 ...