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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... higher, adding 199.10 points to 12,833.63, still its best close since September 1, 2008, weeks before the global financial crisis rocked markets. Other regional markets struggled as jitters set in over the US economy and tensions on the Korean peninsula. ...

APRA appoints new chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... responsible for the G20 banking agenda. He was also central to Australia's prudential response to the global financial crisis as APRA's executive general manager responsible for the supervision of large complex banks, a post he held for seven years. ...

GFC derails wealth fee growth by $30bn

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
The global financial crisis cost the Australian funds management industry an estimated $30 billion in potential revenues, according to new research from Rainmaker Information. The finding comes from the report just released by Rainmaker, drawing data ...

Only 7% of fund members switched options during GFC: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... the Australian Journal of Management, titled 'Retirement savings investment choices in resposne to the global financial crisis: Australian evidence', reveals that less than 7% made a reactive investment decision between 2006 and 2009. This is despite ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... highest level since the collapse of Wall Street banking giant Lehman Brothers heralded the start of the global financial crisis. Seoul was flat, edging up 1.61 points to 2,006.01, while Hong Kong added 1.41 per cent, or 320.51 points, to 23,091.95. Shanghai ...

EM corp bonds better than US: CFSGAM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... and more favourable demographic trends." She adds that the speed of the transformation, helped by the global financial crisis and escalating sovereign debt problems, has taken many investors by surprise. "A decade ago no one would have believed Mexico ...

Local appetite for hedge funds outstrips other markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... funds under management, at the time this was one of the largest hedge funds in the world. He said that the global financial crisis had seen the appetite for hedge funds fall in the more traditional markets, with Europe in particular becoming nervous ...

GSAM offers EM debt to retail

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... developed markets has narrowed, with emerging markets growing and some developed markets being affected by the global financial crisis. "Today, even though developed economies only account for about 60 per cent of global growth, they account for almost ...

PineBridge pitches quant solution to super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... Traditional quantitative models have been popular since the 1980s but they came under fire following the global financial crisis in which a liquidity crunch led to dramatic underperformance. However, PineBridge global head of equities Robin Thorn said ...

IOOF posts $33.2m profit

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... associated with the merger to be approximately $10 million per year starting from fiscal 2014. "Since the global financial crisis began impacting earnings for financial services businesses worldwide, IOOF has been strategically adding to its business ...