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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 ...

Super contributions highest since GFC

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... APRA regulated superannuation funds during the last financial year were at the highest level since the global financial crisis, said the Financial Services Council. The Financial Services Council's Bond Report, released yesterday, shows that total contributions ...

Commbank knew of potential Storm collapse: lawyers

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... uncovered a document which proves that the Commonwealth Bank knew investors would lose their money during the global financial crisis. Barrister Tony Morris told the Federal Court in Brisbane on Tuesday that it was "only through sheer happenstance" that ...

Market shocks likely: Advance Asset Management

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... could spark a shock, he warned. With voters having elected ineffective and polarised governments since the global financial crisis, Stephen said that global politics is rife with leaders operating in the comfort or "complacency zone." The divide between ...

Life insurance industry under pressure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... the return on capital has been poorer in the last two years than expected arising off the back of the Global Financial Crisis period and higher claims and lapses. Despite of the challenges the Australian life industry is facing, it has grown from $2bn ...

Asian managers eye Fund Passport

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
Asian asset managers are still confident in the region despite the effects of the global financial crisis and fragmentation in the market, said RBC Investor Services. In its latest industry poll, RBC Investor Services also said that while undertakings ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... rational rationales to thrive. But despite all the other troubles and worries that developed since the global financial crisis to date - Europe sovereign debt crisis, the Arab Spring (and surging oil prices), the Japanese tsunami/nuclear reactor meltdown ...