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Hybrid securities back in favour

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
Despite ASIC's decision to sound warning bells over the risks and complexities of hybrid securities, there is a growing appetite in the market for the high rate of return this product can offer investors. The corporate watchdog's warnings follows more ...

APRA issues final Basel III reforms

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... emerge from the Basel III reforms will be better placed to absorb future shocks, whatever their source. "Starting from a sound and strongly capitalised position, banks in Australia are well placed to meet the Basel III timetable. "In APRA's view, any ...

Treasury paper ignores responsibility: ACFS

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... types of errors - failing to identify and act early enough in the case of a troubled institution, or wrongly identifying a sound institution as troubled and imposing unwarranted interventions on its activities," Davis said. He contends that reallocations ...

So where's the QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... financial markets' reaction - equity markets up, commodity markets up, Treasury yields down -- they like what they heard, the sound of QE, that is, and it's coming soon to a theatre near you. But is this really what Big Ben said? Or are the markets merely ...

Fiducian acquires three fin planning firms

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... is confident that in spite of strong headwinds having been experienced, the future of the business in its present form is sound and likely to strengthen in an improving economic and financial market environment.

AFMA urges ASIC to focus on market risk

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... securities markets. Lynch is calling on regulation - in response to dark liquidity concerns - to be justified only with a sound basis in evidence, and to be targeted at areas where there are risks of unacceptable market quality impact. "ASIC should look ...

The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
Indecisions, indecisions... Is this the sound of silence I hear? Investors appear to have stopped on their tracks, unsure of whether the next move would be a jump or a dive. But with momentum blowing on their tail, chances are the uptrend that started ...

Life insurance industry under pressure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... sustainable at the same time. However, despite the current challenges, Minto said they can be overcome by "demonstrating sound growth in underlying earnings as a trend across the industry consistent with the growth of the market itself." "We also need ...

Asian trustee services in demand

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... general manager corporate client services. The Trust Company opened its Singapore office in 2006, and it has "proven to be a sound business investment," said Grbin. "With markets such as Europe stagnating, capital is moving towards the regional hubs ...

The twain could not meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
What's wrong with this picture? "Investors pushed stocks sharply higher, erasing all of July's losses, as investors reacted to strong corporate earnings and continued hopes for central-bank intervention." Nothing it seems. It sounds oh, so rationale. ...