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FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL | FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025

... of the market, the sheer size of the US private credit market, which has grown exponentially since the Global Financial Crisis, and the emergence of the sector in Australia, mean the asset class is getting more local attention. US-based financial houses ...

The Big Short's Michael Burry shutters fund

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025

... thinker I have ever encountered." Burry's bet against the US housing market in the lead up to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) was made famous in the book The Big Short and thereafter the movie where he was played by Christian Bale. Burry is reported ...

Quant investing bounces back post Trump whipsaw

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025

... investing thrives when there are sustained trends emerging in the market. She gives the example of the Global Financial Crisis when the equity market collapsed for a substantial period of time, which allowed fund managers to pivot strategies. "The equity ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN | WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025

... most sensitive to market and sequencing risk. "But to be honest, if you wind the clock back to before the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), I bet most people would never have heard of sequencing risk," says Teh. "It was only when the GFC happened that everybody ...

FEATURE: Back in action

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025

... Advice, tells it, gearing - and specifically the use of margin loans - was a popular method of investing pre-Global Financial Crisis (GFC). The problem that arose was many investors were taking out margin loans and investing the money into only a handful ...

NZ Super delivers 11.84%

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025

... performance of global markets over the past 20 years - despite two once-in-a-generation crises in the Global Financial Crisis and COVID-19."

Overcoming the three-body problem in advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025

... herding behaviour come to the fore alongside feelings around loss aversion. As an example, Li looked to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), when the S&P500 fell 57% between September 2007 and late March 2009. US households lost US$16.4 trillion; about ...

Msquared Capital secures $150m warehouse facility with Australian bank

ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025

... for asset preservation events but liquidity as well," he said. "Many investors who invested during the Global Financial Crisis want to ensure their funds are not locked up for extended periods, as private markets are often illiquid in nature and they ...

ETF industry growth streak continues, shatters net inflow records

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025

... within 48 hours. That sent the VIX Index to levels unseen since the pandemic panic, and prior to that, the Global Financial Crisis. In April, the most recent reporting date, net inflows totalled US$157 billion. A substantial portion (US$88.3 billion) ...

Inside Colonial First State's fund manager selection overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025

... to deliver their outperformance. "It's been a pretty horrible period for value managers since the Global Financial Crisis." The team has also tried to minimise "filling buckets for the sake of it." Historically, CFS would pair a growth manager with ...

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BT appoints new head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA | 10:47AM

A former Allianz Retire+ executive has joined BT as the new head of strategy.

ASX sees trade volumes soar in May

MATTHEW WAI | 12:24PM

ASX saw a substantial growth in trade volumes last month, despite continued lackluster movement in IPOs.

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI | 12:21PM

Otivo has launched a mobile app for Australians to access licensed advice powered by AI.

Munro expands access to climate focused fund

VINNY VUCAGO | 12:09PM

The Munro Global Growth Climate Leaders PIE Fund has been opened to retail investors in New Zealand.

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