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Most EM currencies bounce back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... its signals that it would soon start tapering its economic stimulus confirms how far these markets have matured since the GFC. In May through June this year US Fed chairman Ben Bernanke issued repeated none-to-veiled signals that the Fed was about to ...

Platforms hit $445bn record

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... the broad funds under management market. Rainmaker said the record mark for the platform market is 15% higher than the pre-GFC peak of $386 billion it reached in September 2007 and up a whopping 54% from the post-GFC nadir of $289 billion it fell to ...

ASX200 CEOs face cuts in fixed pay and bonuses

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013

Australians clueless about age pension

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013

Funds market climbs 12.7% to $1.6tr

STAFF WRITERS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
... top of the strong returns from international share markets their FUM surged 21%. But despite the stellar growth in FUM post-GFC, managed funds are continuing to struggle in the face of a restructuring retail wealth management market as the sector could ...

DB schemes decline post-GFC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... factors from the ageing population to the increasingly liquid workforce. However, Forster said the losses suffered in the GFC have only accelerated this tendency. Acute underfunding has forced the traditionally conservative DB investors - both private ...

Hedge fund maestro Hintze voices concern over regulation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... week, Hintze said the alternative investment industry has had to adapt to sweeping policy interventions in the wake of the GFC such as Dodd Frank in the US and Basel III globally. "Normally we say 'don't waste a good crisis' but every regulator around ...

AMP Capital appoints manager for office fund

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... as CEO in 2009 Nick set a clear vision and compelling strategy to successfully tackle challenges the REIT faced through the GFC and deliver outstanding investment performance." Prior to joining the AA-REIT as CEO in 2009, Mr McGrath was the chief executive ...

Wonderully dreadful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... households saved 10.8% of their income, up from 10.5% in the previous three-month period, up from the mid-single digits pre GFC and up from the negative savings ratio of 2002 and 2003. Reminds me of Lloyd Blankfein's -- chairman and chief executive of ...

Jenepe AM launches IPO fund with London partner

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... 20-year veteran of the funds management industry. He said the lack of capital commitment for new listings since the onset of the GFC has led to potential for growth in the sector. "As a seed to IPO fund we will be able to invest at an early stage of ...