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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 ...

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 ...