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NAB forecasts 50bp rate cut in May

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... "If current lines hold, the fallout has the potential to dwarf the economic impact on the Australian economy felt during the GFC and COVID." The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) reduced its cash rate this week, citing uncertainty surrounding the tariffs. ...

Korean pension fund takes $50m stake in Metrics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... including the purchase of Aurora Place, Sydney, for $685 million in 2010 - which marked the largest property transaction post-GFC. In addition NPS has also purchased Lendlease's Melbourne Quarter project in 2021 for $1.2 billion and Scape Australia ...

Sally Auld to take on chief economist role at NAB

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... dedication and support," Oster said. "Throughout the journey there have been some big moments I will never forget, including the GFC and COVID pandemic." Auld, who will start to transition into the role on 14 February 2025, is the current chief investment ...

US better positioned to deliver strong returns: UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2024
... itself in a real slump. It's fighting deflation, property prices and construction are down around 30-40%, and that is GFC proportions." Pearce said it took a lot for other nations to work their way back up after the GFC, with stimulus measures that ...

Why this fundie sees the economy making a hard landing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... 1.5% annual real GDP growth in 2023, Australia experienced its third worst annual reading in 30 years, worse than during the GFC, but ahead of the 2000 post-tech bubble. The biggest clue on the direction of consumer health and spending, and therefore ...

Cash rate unchanged at 4.35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... Long-term yields - a strong predictor for expected returns over the long-term - are now back at a level last seen before the GFC in 2008. This has raised our expected returns for global bonds to 4.5% to 5.5% annualised over the next decade, almost 3% ...

Small-cap shares set to soar: Flinders

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
... Macdougall discussed the significant downturn small caps have experienced - the biggest since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). "For almost two years now, small caps have underperformed large caps, and for the most part this has come down to poor investor ...

How this budget was built

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... back into positive territory following 2022 being negative and among the worst they've been for fund members since the GFC, taxes paid by super funds have collapsed almost two-thirds from $27 billion in 2021-22 to just $9.6 billion in 22-23. Super ...

Fund selectors insulating portfolios, embrace active management: Natixis IM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
... turning point for income-orientated investors, the survey said. Following a period of historically low interest rates since the GFC, many investors turned to higher-risk alternative investments in search of yield. But recent bond allocation calls indicate ...

Australia survives global pension rout

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
Amid the largest drop in global pension assets since the GFC, Australian super funds held steady with lower bond allocations and Super Guarantee flows. Global pension assets had their largest annual decline since the GFC, dropping 16.7% to $47.9 trillion ...