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Insto's ignoring climate change

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... in some of Australia's largest financial institutions, said a prominent economist. Just like during the global financial crisis, when sub-prime risk left many reeling, the investment dangers of Climate Change are now being ignored, said Dr John Hewson ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... Tuesday to discuss policing the banking sector more effectively from September 2013 to prevent another global financial crisis. After nearly four hours of talks, ministers said more time was needed and called for a fresh gathering next week. HONG KONG ...

Multi-asset funds react to lack of diversification

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... a mind shift. "There is little doubt that traditional multi-asset class funds disappointed during the global financial crisis," said Stewart Gault, senior analyst at Lonsec Research. Once regarded as a 'set and forget' product, Gault explained that the ...

Abernathy snubs IMF liquidity drivel

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... be forced to hold extra capital to help protect against damage from any fresh shocks deriving from the global financial crisis. Abernathy, executive director and chief investment officer at Clime, meanwhile, thinks that these measures amount to closing ...

Bear market end in sight: AMP Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... Investors dined out on the returns provided by easy credit in the early part of the last decade only for the global financial crisis to wipe out them out again. Through 2009 and early 2010 the stock market benefited from a quantitative easing fuelled ...

Asset consultants influence to grow amid industry change

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... Compulsory superannuation has created a vast $1.2 trillion pot of wealth for fund managers to mine, while the global financial crisis has emphasised the need for investors to allocate to an increasingly diverse array of asset classes. These two factors ...

Sometimes, directors just need to say 'no'

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... this, that she also said it helps to have some directors who have been "through some wars." "During the global financial crisis, it was pretty obvious who ran for the doors," she said. Often, it's also invaluable to have a board that is still in touch ...

Market anxiety shrouds SMSF appetite for equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... Burgess, technical director at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) agrees that the global financial crisis has conspired to make investors far more reluctant to invest in risk assets. "When you look at the official Australian Tax ...

Strong growth in securities lending: J.P. Morgan

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... the demand for above benchmark returns, Wilson said that the renewed interest is in part thanks to the global financial crisis raising the bar on transparency and risk management, with investors now a lot more confident. "There is not longer a one size ...

Fewer IPO's no excuse for poor returns: Hyperion

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... boom-markets now passed. Back in the 'tech boom' during the '90s, and the resource boom just prior to the global financial crisis, hot IPOs delivered high short-term returns, he said. "However, in the current environment of low credit growth, moderating ...