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Australia can avoid recession: Outlook

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... help support the Australian economy by making our exports more competitive as it did in the Asian crisis, tech wreck, and the GFC," he noted. He also believes the softening of China's zero Covid policy, which he predicts could come early next year ...

Budget deficit pressured by debt costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... even more severe a test for the Labor government as the Rudd government faced in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), as this time, splashing the cash will be no antidote for what ails the economy," he added. BetaShares chief economist David ...

Singapore to be millionaire capital by 2030: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... following and the US sitting in fourth place. The report explained Asia surpassed the US during the late 2000s, following the GFC. It added that the size of the population, in addition to wealth distribution and the level of economic development, explains ...

Capital raisings remain possible: MinterEllison

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... "consolidation and digestion" is inevitable after any shock. "It took one to two years for the IPO market to rebound after the GFC. Even in March 2020, following the initial market dislocation caused by COVID-19, we were all tearing up our IPO pipelines ...

QIC braces against recession risks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... supportive of risk assets, she notes. "The Fed had inflation under control and was seeking to stimulate the economy, post-GFC, and post-pandemic. At times it sought to normalise rates, but when the market got the jitters, it would quickly return to support ...

Cash was king in FY22: Vanguard

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... explains the last time investors flocked to the relative safety of cash and high-quality fixed-income products was during the GFC. He said a well-diversified portfolio with long-term time horizons will continue to be the best bet for investors. "The ...

Hostplus links returns to active approach

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... period." "Equity and bond markets have, independently, delivered negative returns at a level that we have not seen since the GFC." Instead, Hostplus chose to invest in mid-range defensive assets like infrastructure and unlisted assets, he said, which ...

Median MySuper returns of -2.8% expected

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
... the Global Financial Crisis. More than 90% of the fund's members are invested in this option. Reflecting the impact of the GFC, Rainmaker's data shows the 20-year median return for default options is 6.3%. AustralianSuper chief investment officer Mark ...

Rate rise exposes adviser knowledge gap

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... heads were right," he says. "Nothing prior could prepare us for living and breathing in the moment of an actual crash. The GFC provided everyone with that experience, and we became better investors because of it." Now, Guagliardo argues there's a similar ...

Super's defense against economic volatility

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... estimate that showed super funds held equity equal to about 26% of shares on the Australian stock market at the peak of the GFC. Swan pointed out that super funds had done the same during the COVID-19 crisis. He said: "Funds stepped up to recapitalise ...