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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 ...

Employer super contributions down as jobless figure rises

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
Employer superannuation contributions saw their biggest fall in the 2013 June quarter since the global financial crisis, according to Financial Services Council (FSC) chief economist James Bond. The FSC's Bond Report put the figure at $489 million ...

Trophy infrastructure assets too expensive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... consultant Duncan Hale. Large global investors have raced to buy infrastructure assets in the wake of the global financial crisis to benefit from the high yields on offer versus traditional fixed income assets and their low correlations to volatile equity ...

Investors risk being left behind by renewable energy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... generation, management and use. Chadwick told Financial Standard that the economic turmoil created by the global financial crisis had distracted investors from developments in the renewable energy space which he believes can spark a "new world order" ...

QE tapering fears spark $1 billion flight from bonds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... been triggered by the US Federal Reserve which has indicated for the first time since the onset of the global financial crisis that it is close to being in a position to begin tapering its $85 billion a month quantitative easing program with most analysts ...