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Changes to foreign investment rules hurt managed funds

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... Australia's businesses from being acquired at the cheap by foreign investors, which occurred during the Global Financial Crisis more than a decade ago. At the time, Frydenberg denied that the move was directed at China. Atlas Advisors Australia executive ...

Asset values could drop to 2017 levels: MSCI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... unlisted property portfolios could imply a "relatively modest" increase in velds when compares to the global financial crisis or the early 1990s recession if asset values return to levels last seen in late 2017. Speaking to Financial Standard, Reid said ...

Australia's AAA rating at risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... of years," S&P said. Australia was one of the few countries that maintained its AAA rating during the Global Financial Crisis.

Super should shape up on unlisted valuations: WTW

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... devalue unlisted assets is nothing new; investors had to consider whether to devalue these assets during the Global Financial Crisis. "But what may surprise some is that there is very little consistency in the way Australian super funds and other unlisted ...

NFP super fund performance revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... 12-month return of -3%. For context, the average rolling 12-month return for the MySuper index during the Global Financial Crisis got as low as -20%," he said. "The YTD MySuper index return to March end is -6%." Rainmaker's analysis does not include ...

Business unusual: COVID-19 threats facing real estate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... moment)," Berry said. "Furthermore, the balance sheet of REITs are in better shape than they were before the Global Financial Crisis, with lower gearing, more diversified debt, longer tenure and higher internal cover ratios - these are all positives. ...

Opportunities and threats amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... are simply more vulnerable to the shutdown." However, the current downturn is different to that of the Global Financial Crisis, Potter said. "The banks themselves have more than twice as much capital as they had going into the GFC and less exposure to ...

Your super is safe with us: Silk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... that members change investment options is in response to market volatility. We saw this happen during the global financial crisis," Silk said. "Experience tells us that this is ill-advised, as they won't be in a position to benefit when markets rebound ...

Court confirms Storm Financial founders breached duties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... are unlikely to receive any further remediation. To date, the Cassimatis' have maintained it was the Global Financial Crisis that led to the losses - not the Storm model. Storm clients included a part-time librarian on $17,500 a year and his retired ...

The week that was

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... surpasses 21,000, the global economy has taken a beating that many have described as being worse than the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. With about 3000 confirmed cases in Australia, according to the Department of Health, social distancing measures ...