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Perpetual CFO resigns

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... financial management has ensured Perpetual is in good financial health. His leadership and action during the global financial crisis proved vital for Perpetual," said Geoff Lloyd, Perpetual's chief executive. "As a member of my executive leadership team ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... shares have fallen after it posted a 22 per cent drop in full-year profit, its first decline since the global financial crisis. ORG - ORIGIN ENERGY - down one cent or 0.09 per cent, $11.34 Origin Energy's first quarter production and revenue has fallen ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... shares have fallen after it posted a 22 per cent drop in full-year profit, its first decline since the global financial crisis (GFC). NAB shares were down 25.5 cents, or 0.99 per cent, to $25.625. The other three major banks had a mixed opening. ANZ ...

Chinese small-and-mid caps undervalued

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... Chinese listed companies are at a historic low, at similar levels to those seen during the GFC. "Back in the global financial crisis, it was [the index] trading at 7.7 times price-to-earnings ratio, showing that from a valuation perspective, right now ...

Retirement adequacy hits post-GFC low: AMP

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... contributions to superannuation have helped push AMP's retirement index to its lowest levels since the global financial crisis. The AMP Retirement Adequacy Index fell almost 2 percentage points to 69.4% while projected retirement savings fell 7% to $492,000 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... tumbled 2.08 per cent to close at 2,024.84 points - its lowest since February 2009, at the height of the global financial crisis. Hong Kong slid 1.20 per cent, Tokyo shed 1.57 per cent, Seoul lost 0.87 per cent and Sydney finished 0.48 per cent lower. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... tumbled 2.08 per cent to close at 2,024.84 points - its lowest since February 2009, at the height of the global financial crisis. Hong Kong slid 1.20 per cent, Tokyo shed 1.57 per cent, Seoul lost 0.87 per cent and Sydney finished 0.48 per cent lower. ...

10,000 finance jobs slashed since GFC

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... increases, Shingles said. New research shows more than 10 000 Australian finance jobs have been cut since the global financial crisis, 6,294 of which can be attributed to off-shoring. In 2012, ANZ off-shored 122 jobs, Westpac off-shored 497 and Suncorp ...

Investment banking scale down: Barclays

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... Office was probing payments made to Qatar Holding, which it tapped for funds at the height of the 2008 global financial crisis to avoid part-nationalisation, said AAP.

APRAs' best intentions misleading: Super industry

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... reforms, which identified that many consumers - particularly those who were exposed to losses during the global financial crisis - did not understand investment choices available in their funds. The measure is expected to form part of APRA's data collection ...