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Global fund manager creates executive role

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... crises, CFM president Philippe Jordan said true-to-label balanced portfolios have been rare since the Global Financial Crisis. Jordan said the disappearance means investors have become over-reliant on equity returns, which have undoubtedly been great. ...

Chief economist update: We're headed for surplus (if assumptions hold)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... surplus, equivalent to 1.7% of GDP in 2008 quickly flipped into a 2.1% deficit the following year due to the global financial crisis. The economic projections in the Budget Papers 2018-19 look rational enough - GDP growth of 2.75% this fiscal year and ...

Volatility divides investors: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... Asset purchase plans instituted by central banks to lower rates and increase the money supply during the Global Financial Crisis have been in place for the better part of a decade. "Nobody knew what the effect would be when measures were implemented ...

Thought leadership: Building portfolios for market crises

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... Management (CFM) president Philippe Jordan says true-to-label balanced portfolios have been rare since the Global Financial Crisis. He says the disappearance means investors have become over-reliant on equity returns, which have undoubtedly been great. ...

LGIAsuper appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... management from $3 billion to more than $11 billion. "His leadership helped LGIAsuper emerge from the Global Financial Crisis as one of Australia's best-performing super funds," Smith said at the time. "With David focusing on investments, Noonan shaping ...

Chief economist update: Caught in the crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... to rise to the occasion, the same thing it did during the Asian financial crisis of 1997/1998 and the global financial crisis of 2007/2008. The A$ has depreciated by 1.8% versus the US dollar in the first quarter of this year and by 4.0% on the trade ...

ETFs a winner in February market slump: Vanguard

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... among the stock market's securities has remained somewhat constant, except for the tech bubble and the global financial crisis," Vanguard said. Vanguard has a 28.5% slice of Australia's $30 billion pool of ETF assets. Around the world, more than US$5 ...

Chief economist update: Australia low on credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... the year before - a clear slowing and far below the double-digit rates recorded in the years before the global financial crisis. Download The Good Economics Guide: Making sense of key economic data Housing credit slowed to a year-on-year rate of 6.2% ...

Most investors shun credit ratings: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... Only one-in-four (26%) said the role rating agencies play is "very important" or "important." Since the global financial crisis, credit rating agencies have come under close scrutiny. When rating agencies are meant to provide investors with reliable ...

Don't blame ETFs: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... among the stock market's securities has remained somewhat constant except for the tech bubble and the global financial crisis." According to the Institute of International Finance (IIF), whatever the catalyst for the recent equity market selloff may ...