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IG offers Bitcoin bet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... to burst. Others, however, have expressed only uncertainty about the cryptocurrency, which was launched in the wake of the GFC by the anonymous, pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. Fairly or not, the currency has developed a seedy reputation. In April this ...

IM focus at slimmed down Russell

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... the Financial Services Union, 4483 people in the industry lost their job in 2012 alone. With the global financial crisis (GFC) still playing out, Schoenheimer says the worst is far from over. "When you take revenue out the system, jobs will be lost. ...

Money, money, money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013

Number of instos prioritising risk doubles since GFC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... of respondents said their organisation had a very risk-aware culture today. That compares to 2007, before the onset of the GFC, when just 30% made risk their highest priority. State Street executive vice president and international chief risk officer ...

Planners race to plug gap in aged care advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... Richard Howes said the dearth in aged care products was partly a result of the market's focus on accumulation prior to the GFC. AMP's ipac Financial Care division is also set to enter the game and on the months to come will launch a program focused on ...

May Day happy day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... securities collateralised by loans to non-financial corporations." Yes, ABS - asset backed securities (as in the root of the GFC evil) - is back! Don't get your knickers in a twist just yet...the ECB is merely pondering on this idea...for now. Then there's ...

International investment division behind BTIM success

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... described the result as 'exceptional' and remarked how cash earnings per share signaled a return to pre-global financial crisis (GFC) levels. "The numbers reflect booming markets but I wouldn't say that describes the market we're in," Gonzalez told Financial ...

Top-down approach wins in post-GFC world: Hexavest

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
In the post-global financial crisis (GFC) world, global equity markets are more sensitive to news flow and macroeconomics than to fundamental business growth, according to Hexavest founding partner and senior vice president Robert Brunelle. The asset ...

Russell focus on IM is better for clients: Schoenheimer

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... the company to best cope with a dramatic structural shift in the domestic market. "There's no doubt that going through the GFC has brought dramatic changes in a number of different dimensions. Clients now have different demands to the ones they had prior ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... after that. Gold soared exponentially from US$255.15 in 1999 to a peak of US$1,898.25 on September 2011. Oh yes, there was the GFC of course that helped it along the way but without the "Gold Agreement", methinks they'll be selling more gold to buy US ...