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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 ...

Boutiques squeezed out by increasing compliance costs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... jointly by TABB Group and SunGard. The regulatory burden has significantly increased in the wake of the global financial crisis and with new transaction requirements arising from the Stronger Super reforms, the load is likely to get even heavier. The ...

ASX endorses Henry board director bid

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... new directors to you in due course." Henry was an economic advisor for the Rudd government during the global financial crisis and responsible for implementing the $42 billion stimulus package. Holliday-Smith reiterated that he intended to serve at least ...

ASIC, "twin peaks" model faces review

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... that recently "ASIC has had to deal with a high level of regulatory change and the consequences of the global financial crisis in a very complex industry and with limited resources." He stressed the need for the regulator "to act quickly and take inappropriate ...

DB schemes decline post-GFC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
Uncertainty in the wake of the global financial crisis has accelerated the move away from defined benefit (DB) retirement schemes, and towards defined contribution (DC) schemes, according the 2013 Create survey. The survey, which included responses ...

US market leads the post-Lehman recovery

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
The US equity market has performed the strongest since the darkest days of the global financial crisis, according to data released by Russell Investments to mark the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy ...