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Chief economist update: Japan economy tanks depsite looser restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... fall on post-war era records - down 10% year-on-year - eclipsing the 8.6% contraction suffered during the global financial crisis - and down 7.8% in the three months to June. All three measures have been negative since the December 2019 quarter, before ...

REITs better value than bonds, equities: LaSalle

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies are in a far better position than they were during the Global Financial Crisis, LaSalle Investment Management said, with many real estate investment trusts (REITs) currently trading at a discount to NAV. ...

Take your CAPE ratio with a grain of salt

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... end of 2017 until October 2018 - after which Wall Street posted its worst yearly performance since the Global Financial Crisis. And while the CAPE ratio is not 'the be all and end all', it does show how earnings and price have moved together ...

MySuper returns negative

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... financial year. It is the first negative annual financial return for default super products since the Global Financial Crisis. The GFC in 2008-2009 delivered financial returns in default superannuation products of -13%. The 2007-2008 financial year also ...

Super to lose $3tn by 2040

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... expected to demonstrate an average return of -0.7% for last financial year - the lowest returns since the Global Financial Crisis. The projection of a $3 trillion hit was reached after Rainmaker's Superannuation Projection Model compared two strategic ...

Chief economist update: China recovery would have been good for Oz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... was China's double-digit growth (when almost everybody else was falling into a recession) during the global financial crisis that helped keep recession away from the Australia. Australians all would be rejoicing at the swift recovery in China's ...

Banks brace for major loan losses

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... billion) to brace for COVID-19 related loan losses, as Wells Fargo posts its first quarterly loss since the Global Financial Crisis. Citigroup saw its net income dive 73% from the previous period, driven by a substantially higher allowance for credit ...

Chief economist update: A tale of two quarters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... highest level of Factset's (1990), surpassing the 80.86 registered during the Great Recession and Global Financial Crisis of 2008. It was the best of times... Fast forward three months and every single index has rallied into a bull market at the ...

Industry super pours $19.5bn into Australian recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... provided a significant portion of the $120 billion in capital raised by local businesses at the end of the Global Financial Crisis. "Industry super funds hold a major stake in Australia's economic life," it said. "They invest in Australian listed companies ...

History is repeating itself: Zenith

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... similarities between the Australian equity market drawdowns and subsequent recoveries of COVID-19 and the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), COVID-19 has proven to be the GFC in fast-forward. It said during this period we have seen the fastest bear market ...