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Deposits the battleground for margins

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... profits being made at their expense. Clarifying this is a tough message for banks to sell in a volatile and disenfranchised post-GFC economy. "One of the clear learnings from the GFC is that a strong and robust banking sector is crucial to maintain an ...

That anxious wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... have to continue fidgeting until 17 June when Greece votes again. In the meantime, talks about another "Lehman moment" and "GFC part deux" are growing louder. Boyoboyoboy, we're in trouble now... big trouble all because of little Greece. Repent - or ...

Private debt gets 'time in the sun'

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... manager. Financing of commercial property has seen spreads widen from around 60 basis points over the bank bill swap rate pre-GFC to approach almost 400 basis points, according to Warwick Boys, general manager and head of institutional business at Perpetual. ...

Asian private equity grows rapidly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... 17% share of global private equity, according to a McKinsey & Company private equity in the Asia-Pacific report. In the pre-GFC boom times of 2007 Asia's share of the global private equity market was 11% though the global market was then estimated at ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... the world? Certainly. Financial market volatility would jump. But I think not of the same magnitude that it did during the GFC because everybody's sort of prepared - if not positioned - for a Euro break-up, just in case. Downward pressure on European ...

No money in equities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... What does this table tell us? It tells us that investors haven't really moved back into equities over the years since the GFC. Add up the equity row from 2008 to Q4 2011 and you'll find that it's still US$60 bil short of recovering the US$373 bil lost ...

Fearing the unknown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... rumours of rumours abound. The fear of the unknown prompts one and all to conjure worse things to come - as they did when the GFC was the only game in town, when Greece was on the verge of default, when Italy and Spain looked like they were gonna need ...

MMADX appoints new executive director

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... for firms including ABN AMRO, BZW and Barclays Bank. Go said the opportunity to build a new business suited to the new post-GFC world was a key driver in his decision to join the firm. Sean Nunan, MMADX chief executive officer, said Go brings a wealth ...

Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... between last week's close and the index's 2010 low in July 2010. And who would forget the biggest bother of them all - the GFC. The one that was extrapolated to "the end of the world as we know it". Remember how you felt back then when one headline after ...

QIC awards Molpus alternative timber mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... invested in the asset. "We held off investing in timber for many years due to prices and were waiting for the effects of the GFC to pan out," Dick told Financial Standard. "We are building a portfolio that's heavily invested in real assets - we've also ...