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Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... bottomed on 9 March 2009. The US subprime mortgage crisis that morphed into what is now termed as the global financial crisis sparked market volatility and heightened investor anxiety in most equity markets around the world. These -- along with the economic ...

Women on boards have no influence in performance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... a female director," Adam explained. She said that there is a difference between the period before the global financial crisis and the period after. "Pre-crisis the market reacted very strongly to the appointment of female directors and gender seemed ...

MetLife launches long-awaited retirement product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... the suite was designed to appeal to people wanting downside protection against another event like the global financial crisis. "With MetLife Max, if investors choose a product with a guarantee they can transfer some market risk to MetLife and retain ...

AMP chairman to retire amid wider board changes

ALICE URIBE & AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... successful expansion into Asia and period of significant change in a challenging environment including the global financial crisis, substantial legislative and regulatory shifts and the merger with AXA," McKeon said. "The phase of the board renewal process ...

RBS posts soaring losses, pays $1m bonuses

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... Edinburgh-based bank, which is 81% state-owned after the world's biggest bailout at the height of the global financial crisis, explained it will slash its cost base by another STG5.3 billion by 2017 and warned of more "inevitable" job losses. Thursday's ...

Crowdfunding investment platform launched

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... several investments. Colless added: "While traditional asset classes have been slowly recovering from the global financial crisis, the Australian startup ecosystem has been enjoying remarkable growth. The last three years have seen the arrival of an ...

Matrix Financial Solutions' MD departs

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... "I'm very confident with what has been built at Matrix. I'm proud of steering the company through the global financial crisis and Future of Financial Advice (FoFA)." Matrix Financial Solutions is expected to begin recruiting for the vacant role immed ...

ANZ profit on the rise in first quarter

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... banks to maintain their strong financial positions, which has seen the industry's profits rise since the global financial crisis. "If you have moderate credit growth, moderate revenue growth and you keep the rate of cost growth below the rate of revenue ...

RBA rate cut on cards

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... that the differentiators that made the Australian economy the envy of the world in the aftermath of the global financial crisis are starting to fade as the US shows signs of a more sustained recovery and the likelihood of a catastrophic credit event ...

Banks need top line growth after SMSF-led run

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
... banks, according StocksInValue head of equities insights and publishing David Walker. Walker said since the global financial crisis the big four have relied too heavily on earnings and dividend growth through falling bad debts and provisioning for impaired ...