GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Editorial

A mere six months ago, the common wisdom among financial planners was that most clients would be best advised not cashing out their investments lest they miss the inevita...

Financial planning

The expectations of many investors have proven surprisingly resilient in the wake of recent financial turmoil, according to Brillient!’s survey from the PortfolioConstruc...

Financial planning

Environmental, social and corporate governance concerns are a positive outcome of the crippling financial crisis and are forcing re-evaluation of risk....

Financial planning

The regulator has signalled it will be visiting superannuation fund trustees to better understand how they are operating....

Financial planning

With the worst not necessarily behind us, the global financial crisis needs to be tackled with more than just conventional remedies....

Financial planning

Regulatory systems are to blame for the global financial crisis, not the capital system, according to an industry executive....

Financial planning

JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services reports super funds are using forensic risk management tools to understand investment exposure, and the financial crisis has led t...

Financial planning

Regulator cracking down on false rumours that take advantage of market turmoil to affect market share prices....

Financial planning

Australian financial planners have revealed the deep distress they are feeling as a result of the global financial crisis and the impact it is having on their clients....

Financial planning

The ongoing global financial crisis has prompted the Minister for Superannuation, Nick Sherry, and New Zealand’s Minister of Commerce to agree to work to improve cr...

Financial planning

With the global financial crisis giving rise to increasing numbers of financial scams, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled it is clamping d...

Financial planning

The downturn in the property funds management sector is taking its toll on research houses servicing this market. After initially downsizing its operations earlier this y...

Funds management

Upwards of 25 per cent of hedge funds have suspended redemptions, imposed gate provisions or implemented side-pockets....

Financial planning

Former High Court Judge Sir Anthony Mason believes failures such as Westpoint and Storm point to the need for tighter regulation of financial services....

Editorial

Industry players have begun voicing their concern about the increasing possibility of a removal of tax-free withdrawals from superannuation in light of the global financi...

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