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ING restructures, creates distribution head role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... and led one of the first market economist teams to accurately forecast and time the US housing collapse that resulted in the GFC.

Limited super investment in VC holding Australia back: AVCAL

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... Capital Association. According to a new research report, institutional capital - predominately from Australian super funds post-GFC - has dried up, leaving venture managers struggling to raise the capital necessary to invest in the next wave of Australian ...

Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... the 2001 US recession and September 11 by depreciating from US$0.65 to below US$0.50. It cushioned the economy during the GFC when it dropped from US$0.9786 on 15 July 2008 to US$0.6036 on 27 October 2008. Once again the A$ is doing what a free floating ...

Global real estate investors too nonchalant: Man GPM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... Australian market - in terms of size, opportunities and valuations. Although most markets performed well leading up to the GFC, fortunes have diverged markedly since then. This is especially the case with direct property markets in the US," Gandhi said. ...

Funds management veteran retires

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... and two busts," Kelly said. "The boom and then crash in 1987, the tech boom in the late 1990s and subsequent bust and the GFC crash in 2008 all had a profound effect on how I managed money and advised clients. There is no substitute for experience in ...

ASX creates more opportunities for investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... adding that he hopes this work will encourage investors to keep their growing pool of money on Australian shores. "Since [the GFC], the Australian super system has added circa $1 trillion of assets to be over $2 trillion, and if we look 10 years into ...

"Shunned" investment strategy generating massive returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... said. These also offered minimal credit spreads with a 0.15% coupon, which is essentially a zero risk premium, but when the GFC hit, the capital was ravaged by 50%. But in the last 12 months or so when interest rates bottomed, these securities have generated ...

Eurozone ascending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... to 9.5% (March 2017) - the lowest rate in 8 years that, in turn lifted consumer confidence to its best level July 2007 (pre-GFC, pre-Grexit and PIGS, pre-European sovereign debt crisis days). The latest IHS Markit Flash Eurozone PMI survey indicates ...

Global infrastructure need deepens profit opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... significantly better returns than general global equities since 2003 - periods of both boom and bust, including a debt-driven GFC," Shaw highlighted. "For the foreseeable future we are looking at strong long-term tailwinds - coupled with almost infinite ...

Government debt on its way to $606bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... as a share of GDP, this debt has grown from 17% and is on its way to 29%. This means the 11-year run of deficits since the GFC has cost Australia $370 billion. On the bright side, the weighted interest rate Australia is paying for its record breaking ...