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Retail investors see limited upside in 2019

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... months. Investment Trends research director Recep Peker said the December quarter of 2018 was the most bearish quarter since the GFC, with the average investor expecting no capital gains from domestic shares in 2019. "Despite this, they still believe ...

Chief economist update: Fed fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... chair Jerome Powell and his merry men are doing a similar thing to Ben Bernanke and his brothers in 2008. A year before the GFC, then Fed chair Bernanke was quoted saying: "Overall, the US. economy seems likely to expand at a moderate pace over the second ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... policy option in Australia, should it be required." This may be because he talked about the "lessons and questions from the GFC." Then again, it could also be because RBA is now weighing its countercyclical options. The recent arrest of the Huawei executive ...

Chief economist update: Thanks for nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... effort to bring monetary policy back to normality, that is, reducing system-wide liquidity. We only have to look back at the GFC and Grexit and Japanese deflation and everything in between to realise that the world had had bigger challenges back then ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... portfolio manager Darren Langer says government bond issuance picked up significantly in Australia and offshore throughout the GFC. In 2007, the sectors were relatively balanced at roughly one-third high-grade, government and credit respectively as reflected ...

Super funds react to market sell off

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... as cash and bonds, you risk missing out on benefitting from the recovery in share prices," Fahy said. "The tail end of the GFC, when the ASX 200 Index bottomed out at 3344 points, was nearly a decade ago now. Since that time we have seen strong gains ...

Challenger appoints new chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... operating officer in 2008. Since 2012 he has served as the company's managing director and chief executive. "Coming out of the GFC, Challenger embarked on a strategy to focus the business on re-establishing Australia's annuities market. Under ...

ETFs attracting more money than LICs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... high levels of underperformance in active managers have fueled the ETF segment's growth after it first took off after the GFC. Product boom Managers from both sides have been active in launching new investment products this year. On the ETF side, international ...

Regulatory inadequacy to blame: Hayne

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... exacerbate, according to the Royal Commission. In his interim report, Commissioner Hayne has said scandals dating back to the GFC can shed light on the conflicts and culture in the financial advice industry today. Hayne said that because regulatory responses ...

Make sure you have cash: Geoff Wilson

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... Leaders 14.6% and WAM Microcap 21.9%, the manager said in a conference call for media and investors yesterday, Before the GFC, Wilson's funds had about 35% in cash. "We are a little nervous," Wilson said. "US interest rates are backing up a little ...