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Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2009

... in Sydney. This year's event gave an insight to how the industry's marketing experts responded to the global financial crisis, with nominations based around campaigns and other initiatives over the period April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009 - the toughest ...

Intl equities on a good run...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... willingness to lend to each other. The comparison shows that the spread has widened since the onset of the global financial crisis in mid-2007 as credit markets went into a tailspin. The spread went from just around 10 basis points pre-GFC to a high ...

AFA conference to focus on leadership

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... around the educational and business practice needs of advisers new to the industry. Responding to how the global financial crisis has affected the financial planning sector, this year's program includes a panel discussion on the future of financial advice ...

ESSSuper closes Cash Plus option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... financial instruments of this type can be readily bought and sold. "However, one of the effects of the global financial crisis and related investment market downturn over the past year has been to greatly reduce the ability to trade these financial instruments ...

We've left bottom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... lend to each other - has narrowed to around 50 bps. Recall that the spread widened at the onset of the global financial crisis in mid-2007 as credit markets went into a tailspin. The spread went from just around 10 basis points pre-GFC to a high of more ...

Regulators call for better OTC derivatives processing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... so far. "The survey found Australian industry and participants reacted sensibly to the challenge of the global financial crisis by improving OTC processes and moving to reduce and manage risks," said Senator Sherry.

No two ways about it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... Duh! I don't know about you but I think every single person and his dog following the saga that is the global financial crisis had always been conscious of the blow out in national government budgets ever since the first billion of pennies were dropped ...

Instos pump $700bn into Islamic finance

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... an attractive investment option in any market environment, especially today's," he said. "To date, the global financial crisis has had a limited effect on Islamic finance as investors seek out asset classes and markets they hope will provide stability." ...

Seeking equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... the supply of houses and this has brought down prices - which spiraled into a problem we now know as the global financial crisis. Supply is being reduced. Demand is being bolstered. Eventually, the twain shall meet and equilibrium achieved.

Easing Libor pains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... to reflect the cost of money derived from global markets. That cost rose sharply at the height of the global financial crisis. One of the reasons why despite huge and successive interest rate reductions by the US Federal Reserve at the onset proved impotent. ...