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CalPERS and Moody's settle for $130 million

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... Moody's for a record US$130 million for its erroneous ratings of structured investment vehicles prior to the Global Financial Crisis. The lawsuit tops CalPERS' US$125 million settlement with Standard & Poor's last year, bringing total recovery to US$255 ...

Behavioural coaching is the best route to 'adviser alpha'

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... 2011. The most recent correction is again, relatively mild in historical terms, especially next to the global financial crisis. Bear markets account for about a third of the time that markets have been open over the last 30 years," he said. In the context ...

Martin Currie argues for multi-assets in retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... improving capital preservation and inflation protection. "The volatile total return experience during the global financial crisis (GFC) had led people to lose faith in traditional equity strategies, but we found that by changing the investment focus ...

ETFs benefit from market volatility: SSGA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... the past 10 years, there have been two distinct periods where investors have flocked to ETFs - the 2008 global financial crisis and now," Skelly said. She said this can be demonstrated by looking at net inflows in the oldest and largest ETF in Australia ...

Be alert to recession amid growth headwinds: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... context, its long-run average prior to the boom was a bit above 1%," he said. Through the Asia crisis to the global financial crisis and mining boom-to-bust, Australia has had only three isolated quarters of negative real GDP growth over a quarter of ...

Pessimistic investment horizon for super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... asset owners is at best pessimistic because the financial services industry is yet to fully wake from the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) chair Martin Skancke said few asset owners, and particularly pension ...

FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) during the toughest years following the global financial crisis. This - together with the absolute control over investments and the rise of the do it yourself (DIY) trend in all aspects ...

Japan does a double double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... followed a 0.7% decline in the June quarter - that's recession number four or double double-dips since the global financial crisis. The third quarter economic contraction is largely due to the weakness in business investment - it subtracted 0.2 percentage ...

PROFILE: REI Super chief executive Mal Smith

DARREN SNYDER, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... experience has not disappointed him. Smith has led the fund through a number of key events such as the global financial crisis and the StrongerSuper reforms. He defines his job as "interesting and stimulating," as well as "challenging and fun." He highlights ...

Rusting still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... back when China was growing at double-digit rates, dropped to around US$65 a tonne in the midst of the global financial crisis -- China's GDP growth slowed to 6.2% in the March quarter of 2009 -- with the subsequent rebound to double/high digit growth ...