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Big four prepare market for annus horribilis 2013

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... their respective press conferences. ANZ's Mike Smith commented: "With the global economy softening, it's clear that the post-GFC lower growth business environment will be with us for the foreseeable future, as will the requirement to operate with higher ...

Westpac calm in face of storm

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... executives, but quickly diluted the worn excuse saying 2013 would be no more challenging than any other year since the onset of the GFC. With NAB's shareholders seeing no signs of jettisoning Clydesdale or Yorkshire Banks and ANZ's Smith describing giving ...

Beware greedy SMSF intermediaries

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... keeping advisers and accountants busy but it is being far eclipsed by the need to prop up investor confidence in the wake of the GFC. "Any pressure on advisers over last 2 years is more due to investment markets and their impact on investor confidence ...

Advisers failing to engage disillusioned consumers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... confidence in the value that advisers can add. "There's lots of negative press surrounding financial advice what with the GFC and the issues that FOFA has raised and, as an industry, we must get more positive news out there." She added: "Generally there ...

NAB profits slump but wealth division prospers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... downgrade to one of its UK assets, Clydesdale Bank. Cameron Clyne, NAB group executive officer, said that in the context of the GFC and its ailing UK operations, the bank had produced a solid result. "Revenue momentum, sound cost management, and strong ...

Huge opportunity is higher risk recovery stocks: Southeastern

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
A flight to safety brought about ongoing investor uncertainty in the wake of the GFC means that a wealth of well managed, competitively entrenched and soundly financed companies can be bought at a significant discount to their intrinsic value, according ...

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 ...

Push... pussshh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch on From Boomer to Busted: Will Longer Life Expectancies Finish What the GFC Started. Country Road, JB HiFi, Tabcorp Holdings, Centro Retail Australia, Bega Cheese, Fantastic Holdings and Tassal Group ...

More young Americans worried about retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... the reason for the heightened fears of retirement income sufficiency is falling net wealth due the Great Recession (as the GFC is often referred to in the US). "The median net worth of this group has fallen at a far greater rate than for any other age ...