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Faith in monetary policy spawns new investment theme

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... zero interest rate policy designed to focus on the impacts of monetary policy as the fiscal driver is lost. Fallout from the GFC resulted in heightened cyclicality, according to AllianceBernstein's chief investment officer - thematic portfolios, Cathie ...

Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... the stagnation of the Japanese economy, the Asian currency crisis and Russian debt default, GST, September 11, US recession, GFC, Greece - and yet, it's continued to grow... uninterrupted. Oh and also, the economy grew at a 4% annual clip in 1990s when ...

10,000 finance jobs slashed since GFC

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
At a time when Australian banks can afford to provide the best working conditions in the world, workers in financial services are under more pressure than ever, said Leanne Shingles, a spokesperson for the Finance Sector Union. Despite working for one ...

Put up or shut up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... during 9/11, bought bargains during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, nearly lost all the gains on the bargains I bought when the GFC struck, added some more (close but not at the March 2009 bottom) - but never have I seen anything like this. By like this ...

Super contributions highest since GFC

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
Contributions to 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 ...

Embedding risk appetite remains tricky

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
Despite a major improvement in financial services firms implementing risk management since the GFC, there remains significant unfinished business, according to a new Progress in Financial Services Risk Management report. While there's been significant ...

The rally that no one's enjoyed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... just a wittle more and it'll be standing above the summit it reached back in 2007 (the time we, Australians, thought of the GFC to mean Geelong Football Club). At the close of last week's trading, the S&P 500 stood just 9.4% away from it 9 October 2007 ...

Income-seeking investors returning to secured credit

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... automatically be deterred by the chequered history of some secured credit investments. He reminds investors that during the GFC - spurred by the bursting of the US housing bubble and liquidity squeeze - over 75% of investors in asset-backed securities ...

Storm's victims counselled against settlement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... an out of court settlement on the pretext that it would enable the banks to avoid scrutiny of their misconduct during the GFC. Levitt expects the value of the compensation claim against the banks associated with Storm to be higher than the $1 billion ...

HNW clients give brokers the 'thumbs down'

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... models to target what matters most to high net worth (HNW) clients has seen an exodus from traditional relationships. While the GFC and market volatility resulted in risk and capital protection being ranked most highly by HNW individuals, brokers failed ...