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Sovereign wealth funds climb to US$5.5tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... according to the SWF Institute. The SWF Institute also reported that SWF assets are up 44% since the global financial crisis (GFC) and that resources continue to be the main sources of SWF capital flows. Norway's Government Pension Fund at US$737 billion ...

Designer slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... longer going for unbridled growth -they've seen what it did and are still doing to numero uno before, during and after the GFC. China's shifting to growth that's more sustainable before its economic miracle ends in tears. You worried about the IMF's ...

Infrastructure boom set to continue

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
Global infrastructure investments have bounced back from GFC-losses to post equity-like returns, but with lower volatility, according to the Lonsec Research review of the asset class. The Lonsec Infrastructure Securities Sector Review, which covered ...

Super set for best year since 2007

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... high 12-14%, noted Rainmaker, the research group that conducts the SelectingSuper surveys. This result means that since the GFC super funds have delivered 34% in cumulative investment performance or 7.6% pa which is far in excess of the returns members ...

Platforms surpass pre-GFC levels

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... market has broken funds under advice (FUA) records in the March quarter, after plunging during the global financial crisis (GFC). An uptick in investor confidence and an increase in adviser productivity could be behind the growth of the platform market ...

Mother of all hard landings and other BSes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... gained rock star status in 2008-2009 because of their accurate predictions for global equity markets' weakness due to the GFC". Weakness? That wasn't 'weakness'...but a garden variety crash. Anyways back to the point. Remember those days? The Chinese ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... quantitative easing or QE. "Some are suggesting that the current state of affairs in China is very similar to that seen in the US pre-GFC (global financial crisis)," Mr Lucas said. "Leverage was cheap and easy, investors and business leaders alike snapped ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... quantitative easing or QE. "Some are suggesting that the current state of affairs in China is very similar to that seen in the US pre-GFC (global financial crisis)," Mr Lucas said. "Leverage was cheap and easy, investors and business leaders alike snapped ...

IOOF invests $75m in syndicated loan market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... required to achieve both portfolio diversity and market acceptance from borrowers and banks. Since the global financial crisis (GFC), increased bank funding costs and regulation have increased the cost of bank lending, creating an opportunity for non-bank ...

State Street appoints head of active investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... average at SSgA," Lacaille said. SSgA chief executive Scott Powers said the promotions reflect changes resulting from the GFC. "The markets of today are fundamentally different than those of the past due to the financial crisis and unprecedented monetary ...