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ISPT chief executive steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... led this incredible growth and delivered sustained risk-adjusted returns for our investors, but successfully navigated the GFC and, more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic," she said. "Daryl understands the property market intimately and this has allowed ...

Demand for retiree client book increases

KARREN VERGARA  |  SATURDAY, 1 JAN 2022
... selling and buying financial planning businesses has been frantic, Radar Results founder John Birt said. "In 13 years (since the GFC), prices have moved up for the first time," he said. Demand for licensee groups of 50 to 200 authorised representatives ...

Economic recap: Week to October 22

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... then, inflation moderated from the wilds swings of the decades before it and so did the instances of recession (until the GFC, that is). It was the time of the "Great Moderation". However, since the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, inflation died. ...

How YFYS test will change currency investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... said For example, he said there was a 30% difference in returns between fully hedged and unhedged global equities during the GFC and a 15% difference during the COVID-19 induced market volatility in March 2020. This is relevant to how funds respond to ...

Market momentum to continue: ASI Conference

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... positive direction. I think valuations are high, but they have been worse in other situations. I don't think we're on a GFC situation where fragility and balance sheets, structural excesses are going to precipitate a financial crisis by structural ...

Hostplus holds on to MySuper top spot

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... noting that the strong post COVID-19 recovery is very similar to the returns rally observed after the Global Financial Crisis (GFC)," the report said. "From November 2009 to May 2010, rolling one-year MySuper returns stayed above 10%, going as high as ...

UBS, Nomura cop fines over bond cartel

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... UniCredit were fined a total of $585 million by the European Commission for cartel conduct in government bond trading during the GFC. EC says the three investment banks breached antitrust rules through the participation of a group of their traders in ...

Research aims to solve cash conundrum

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... 96% since the Global Financial Crisis high of 8.25% and now sit at just 30 basis points, according to the research. A pre-GFC term deposit with $1.25 million could have generated $100,000 of annual income. Today, that same retiree would only have $3750 ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... consumer confidence rose by 6.2% to a reading of 118.8 in March - the highest level since August 2010 "when Australia's post-GFC rebound and mining boom were in full swing" (Westpac). Australia's virtuous cycle continues to roll. Confident consumers ...

Chief economist update: Australia's confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... consumer confidence rose by 6.2% to a reading of 118.8 in March - the highest level since August 2010 "when Australia's post-GFC rebound and mining boom were in full swing" (Westpac). The survey was conducted from 5-10 April which means that respondents ...