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US S&P president replaced

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... chief executive officer of The McGraw-Hill Companies thanked Sharma for his work during a difficult economic climate of the GFC. "Today, S&P is a stronger company, whose 1,300 global analysts are sharply focused on the quality, independence and transparency ...

Fed policy options galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... Because they've said the same thing in 2008, in 2009 and in 2010. They've been at it for three straight years now. Remember the GFC of 2008? Of course you do, else you wouldn't be feeling like a scaredy cat at this very moment. On 13 September 2008 ...

ANZ shows increased profit and deposit growth

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... group had built a strong balance sheet and refocused on the Asia Pacific region in the face of a "changed reality" in the post-GFC world. "The turbulence in the global economy confirms our long-held view that there is a changed reality," he said. Deposit ...

Super beats term deposits: AMP

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... money in term deposits over the same time period." Dunn said that even over the last five years, including the impact of the GFC, super would have outperformed term deposits by 18%. "There has clearly been some volatility in super returns in recent times ...

Retail funds narrow satisfaction gap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... Morgan. The satisfaction is now just 3 percentage points, compared to it peaking at 8 percentage points in June 2009 when GFC-1 was in full swing. "The satisfaction gap between Industry Funds and the Big 6 Retail Funds has continued to narrow in recent ...

CBD vacancies hit 2-year low

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... index were only 5.8%. The key returns driver is the ability of CBD markets to absorb new stock as the economy recovered from GFC-1. "The CBD office markets are the property success story of the past year, with four of the six markets tracked by the Office ...

Super keeping economy strong: ASFA

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... super in the economy. ASFA said the report demonstrates superannuation was instrumental in ensuring Australia emerged from the GFC in better shape than most other countries. "The superannuation pool is the ballast of the Australian economy," said ASFA ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... last week. Fear now, search for explanations later - that's what happened last week. For despite the scares of Armageddon or GFC part 2, nothing much has really changed from when financial markets moved from volatile to extremely volatile. Yes, we saw ...

Advisers prep for 'back-to-basics' investing

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... of an asset is no barrier to investing," Dowd told Financial Standard. Dowd said that it is becoming clearer that since the GFC many clients are demonstrating more tolerance towards volatility and appreciate that 'back-to-basics' investing is about the ...

Trading volatility can protect portfolio from big swings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... else went up in 2008?" "Gold went up and the volatility index went up." Emerging markets gave no portfolio safety during the GFC, with MSCI Emerging Markets down 62% from October 2007 to February 2009. But over the same time period VIX short term futures ...