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Salary prospects brighten

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... will be looking to pursue new opportunities in 2011, after putting their job search on hold during the global financial crisis. In particular, we predict that turnover in the Sydney market in early 2011 will be at some of the highest levels we have seen," ...

Three in five advisers opt out of opt-in: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... why they should reconsider the reform, the Government should look at how investors reacted during the global financial crisis. "Had the opt-in requirement existed at the height of the GFC, many advisers' clients - having experienced significant portfolio ...

Fin services jobs on the rise

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... there's a reluctance by some people to take their chances in a sector that was so heavily affected by the global financial crisis. But it's also because the sector is working on a leaner business model, and the volume of hiring isn't comparable to pre-GFC ...

60 Minutes deception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... practice to deceive!" This quotation from Sir Walter Scott first made its way into my psyche during the global financial crisis. I don't think I need to explain the mammoth deception that went on that gave the world a new acronym - GFC. There were no ...

DSPC makes another discount AUI offer

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... mortgage funds are one of the very few asset classes to achieve this outcome for investors during the global financial crisis, and DSPC's offer of, in some instances, 29 cents per unit has absolutely no justification," said David Bryant, head of AUI. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... are to file a class action on behalf of National Australia Bank shareholders who lost money during the global financial crisis due to the bank's exposure to poor quality US debt. On Wednesday, some $24.4 billion was wiped off the market value of Australian ...

Whac-a-mole 2.0

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
Whac-a-mole 2.0! Remember whac-a-mole 1.0 when the global financial crisis was just starting? It was then, that the air was ripe with speculation as to which financial institution's head - Bear Sterns, Fannie/Freddie, AIG - the US Fed/Treasury tandem ...

Lack of confidence impedes adviser referrals

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... referral," said McCarthy. "It was the strength of relationships that kept many businesses afloat during the global financial crisis," The Macquarie Practice Consulting's 2010 Boutique Practice Benchmarking study recorded a significant increase in the ...

ASIC strikes back in Opus dispute

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... Court setting aside ASIC's cancellation. The company breached the NTA condition of its AFSL in 2009 as the global financial crisis took hold, but says its breach was resolved with the successful renegotiation of debt facilities with the Commonwealth ...

SMSFs more sensitive to advice fees: report

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
The global financial crisis has made self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees more sensitive to fees, with 15 per cent of those surveyed in a new Investment Trends research expecting to pay less to access financial advice. The new research gives a glimpse ...