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IM focus at slimmed down Russell

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... from the Financial Services Union, 4483 people in the industry lost their job in 2012 alone. With the global financial crisis (GFC) still playing out, Schoenheimer says the worst is far from over. "When you take revenue out the system, jobs will be lost. ...

Value in EM debt and bank loans for bond investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... Invesco's head of fixed income in London, Greg Freer. The compression of global yields in the wake of the global financial crisis and the huge subsequent central bank stimulus measures extended a double decade bull market for fixed income assets. But ...

International investment division behind BTIM success

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... described the result as 'exceptional' and remarked how cash earnings per share signaled a return to pre-global financial crisis (GFC) levels. "The numbers reflect booming markets but I wouldn't say that describes the market we're in," Gonzalez told Financial ...

Top-down approach wins in post-GFC world: Hexavest

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
In the post-global financial crisis (GFC) world, global equity markets are more sensitive to news flow and macroeconomics than to fundamental business growth, according to Hexavest founding partner and senior vice president Robert Brunelle. The asset ...

Changes in board culture, key to avoid risk

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... pressure on management to deliver positive results, sometimes without looking at risk. However, after the global financial crisis, regulators are pressuring companies to make sure they don't operate in risky environments. Recent regulatory changes by ...

US tax abolition to pave way for super fund inv

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... infrastructure relative to other asset classes. "Prime real estate in the US has recovered strongly since the global financial crisis and is close to pre-crisis pricing. That said the asset class still looks cheap on a relative basis when compared to ...

Switzerland falling out of favour with UHNWs

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... Swiss vaults as measures to stop foreigners using secret accounts to evade taxes came into place. The global financial crisis has impacted the treatment of wealthy individuals. Governments who may previously have turned a blind eye to the private banking ...

KordaMentha appointed trustee to LM fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... contacting them this week The LM Group was one of Australia's largest mortgage fund operators before the global financial crisis. Four of LM's mortgage funds have been frozen are are being wound up.

Is benchmarking being legislated?

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... However, as quality stocks had performed so well and value stocks so poorly in the market recovery since the global financial crisis (GFC), the valuation argument now appeared to favour some lower quality and deep value stocks. He suggested advisers ...

Over regulation delays global recovery

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... Australia, is widely supportive of the motivation behind new regulations introduced in the wake of the global financial crisis, it said that unintended consequences are likely to slow global growth. "The view of society as a whole, and legislative bodies ...