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Member engagement a danger to super savings

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) on super fund member behaviour during the global financial crisis, he said, "in some schemes up to 50% of members either switched or inquired about switching." "Education, member engagement ...

GFC recovery only tentative

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... should be asking themselves whether they should have done better in recovery almost eight years after the global financial crisis (GFC), according to Aberdeen Asset Management head of fixed income Nick Bishop. Speaking at a recent Australian Institute ...

The "old economy" that is Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... the "tequila crisis" of 1994; the "Asian financial crisis" of 1998, the "dotcom bust" in 2000 and the "global financial crisis" in 2008. Give me "old economy" anytime. Perhaps, this time is different because technology has become so pervasive and intrusive ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... January. At one point it tumbled 8.43 per cent, its biggest drop since October 2008 at the height of the global financial crisis. Most other regional markets were also hit by the spillover effect, as many host companies with links to China. Tokyo sank ...

QSuper seeks new CEO, Vilgan departs

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... highlights include transitioning the fund to an integrated financial services entity in the midst of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 and building internal investment capability. She has overseen growth in member accounts from about $13 billion to ...

FEATURE: Beyond Beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... over the last few years, driven by investors' disappointment with active management in the wake of the global financial crisis. According to Vanguard, the percentage of index funds created each year following criteria other than market cap weighting ...

Tassie RBF awards GAM $100m mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... diversified portfolios," he said. "Risk management is demonstrated by the fact this product survived the global financial crisis when a number of competitor products closed." RBF has placed the GAM investment in its absolute return investment pool, which ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
When the global financial crisis broke, people dubbed them the PIIGS. Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain were the ugly ducklings of Europe. They had inefficient economies, had been relying on EU funding and were heavily indebted. Today, most ...

Animal spirits may be playing with fire

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... financial system." The asset management paper highlights the global industry has grown rapidly following the global financial crisis. Australia's asset management industry was estimated to have $2.6 trillion assets under management (AUM) at the end of ...

Insync with beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... beer company owns brands such as Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois among others. If the equivalent of a global financial crisis was to occur again, Kotecha said AB InBev would be ideally placed. "[In the GFC] companies were slashing dividends and raising ...