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CBA whistleblower casts doubts over compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... received advice years ago and "they've drummed into them that it was their fault or that there was bad luck because there was the GFC." Morris argued that "neither CBA nor [the Australian Securities and Investments Commission] ASIC should be involved ...

Independence Day for the US economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... this measure has steadily come down from the peak 17.1% back in 2010, the current reading remains far above the 8% rate pre-GFC and even higher than the 10.3% top hit after America's recession in 2001. "Stagnant wages" - you betcha. Average weekly earnings ...

GARS added to BT Wrap platform

HARRY PAGE, MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... embraced by the retail market but GARS has a long track record and we can show that it did what it was supposed to do during the GFC. It's not reliant on market Beta." Newham said. Since its inception in 2009, GARS Australian Trust has shown an overall ...

S&P denied appeal over landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... S&P relating to complex derivative products rated AAA by S&P and sold by Lehman Brothers in Australia in the lead up to the GFC. The litigation process has been funded and actioned by Bentham IMF. S&P sought last year in the Federal Court to have the ...

FUM closes in on $2trn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... close the $2 trillion threshold for the first time. Reinforcing this positive assessment, they said since the depths of the GFC the FUM market has now increased 48% or by about $500 billion, but even more remarkable is that despite this, 10 year growth ...

2014 MAX Award Winners and Finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014

FSU warns of job loss 'tidal wave'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... Carter said: "It is widely accepted that regulation of our finance industry sheltered Australia from the worst ravages of the GFC. "In what appears to be a case of collective amnesia, we now we have a government willing to capitulate to the demands of ...

Race among the advice giants: MAX

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... Research has collected data on the mergers and acquisitions in the financial planning sector in the past five years or since the GFC. It found that around 35 adviser groups - representing 4,600 advisers - have been bought out or merged into other advice ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... around US$80 a barrel to a high US$114 in April 2011. Through all these - and including Wall Street's big, big fall during the GFC (and Syria and Libya) - the S&P 500 index is ever so higher. "War" might not be good for absolutely nothing after all... ...

MAX Preview: Beyond value of advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... wealth management businesses are in the list of nominees. This suggests the impact of market consolidation and restructure post-GFC and the emergence of other local and international brands coming to the fore as compelling choices for owner-led advice ...