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10,000 finance jobs slashed since GFC

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... worsening of working conditions for bank employees and increased pressures on Sales and Advice practices. "The global financial system needs to change the rules of the game. Bankers' expectations are too high. Reaching for a rate of return of more than ...

ASX flags concerns over losing single operator status

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... confidently that a change in market structure will benefit the market as a whole without increasing the risk to the financial system, the ASX argued. The Council of Financial Regulators which comprise of the Treasury, the Reserve Bank of Australia, Australian ...

Swan talks up bank reforms for competition

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... Government's banking reforms, dubbing them "a better banking deal" for consumers amid last week's call for a major financial system review. Former committee member at the Wallis Inquiry, Ian Harper last week issued a Deloitte Access Economics report ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... June policy meeting minutes showed that several of its top policy makers wanted to look at tools to bolster the financial system amid a weak recovery, but that the Fed was split on how, when and if to provide more stimulus. LONDON - European stocks struggled ...

Pop goes the QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... past few months. "As always, the Federal Reserve remains prepared to take action as needed to protect the US financial system and economy in the event that financial stresses escalate." This, Virginia, after his cohorts at the Fed practically announced ...

SMSF software helps maximise property tax deductions

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
SMSF administration software developer Class Super has launched accounting software to calculate property depreciation values on an on-going basis. Class Super, owned by Class Financial Systems, has introduced the new property module to allow SMSF administrators ...

Fidelity: Asia focusing on intra-region trade

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... positions are sounder when compared with the days of the Asian financial crisis in 1998. "Overall, Asia's healthy financial system, robust domestic demand, low debt levels, high savings rates and the emergence of China as a global economic powerhouse ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... into positive territory at mid-session, and then gave up their gains amid worries of wider repercussions in the financial system. LONDON - European stock markets took a hit from political uncertainty in Greece and downbeat eurozone forecasts but then ...

ASIC warns industry about misusing term independent

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... confident financial decisions. "We will not tolerate them being mislead on the important issue of the independence of financial system gatekeepers such as financial advisers and insurance brokers. "This action puts the broad financial services industry ...

Market solutions favoured in OTC derivative reform

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... being in place," said the statement. "This is an important step towards further ensuring the stability of our financial system for the benefit of all Australians." Following the GFC, the G20 endorsed a global transition of derivatives products currently ...