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SPAA defends status quo on SMSF regulation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... trend in the financial services sector has been towards more and more regulation - particularly since the global financial crisis - Slattery insisted that the ATO was the ideal regulator for SMSFs. "There is no writing on the wall for the ATO to discontinue ...

"Boring" hedge funds shake gung-ho reputation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
A decline in overall hedge fund returns relative to the wider equity market in the wake of the global financial crisis reflects a change in the demands of sophisticated investors, and is not a sign that alternatives are becoming less attractive, according ...

Positive economic sentiment stirs interest for small caps

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... in investing in small companies is informed by macro issues." With the US starting to recover from the global financial crisis, China moderating its own growth and a higher level of confidence over the European economy, investors feel now more confident. ...

Speakers confirmed for Family Office Forum

STAFF REPORTER  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... Christopher Thornberg will present his views on the US economy with a look back at the lasting impact of the global financial crisis. Since 2006, Dr Thornberg has served on the advisory board of Wall Street hedge fund Paulson & Co. Inc. Between 2008 ...

Victim of success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... of consumer price increases slowed below 2.0% -- after the economy went into a recession-induced by the global financial crisis. Further strengthening in the UK's growth momentum could only lead to greater upward pressure on inflation. The BOE's dilemma ...

Advisers, get ready to manage the baby boomer wave

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... boomers in pre-retirement and retirement. He added that the area which has created most jobs since the global financial crisis is aged care and disabled care. The sector is set to expand even more as the wave of baby boomers enter retirement.

Hockey Review to push for industry deregulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... economy." Hockey told the audience that the Australian financial services industry "has come through the global financial crisis in exceptional shape" and hoped that "our once every fifteen year review will help to fashion the future of our financial ...

Adapt clients to slower global growth: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... example, is going to expand, but a very low level," Fisher said. "Spain is producing 35% less than before the global financial crisis." "The EU is recovering, but only because when you have been going down for a long time there is only one way to go," ...

Catastrophe bonds offer answer to asset correlation problem

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... do or do not occur. This means that returns are unrelated to the economic activity. In the wake of the global financial crisis, and against a backdrop of lower investment returns in traditional markets, investors have increasingly sought out alternative ...

Asset manager growth ambitions slowed by regulation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... Asia Pacific managers commissioned by State Street. In a bid to improve transparency in the wake of the global financial crisis, regulators around the world have imposed strict rules on asset managers. Australia's Stronger Super reforms have required ...