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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 ...

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 ...

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Treasury considers reward system for whistleblowers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

The government has opened consultation on a review of corporate whistleblowing laws in Australia to ensure they are working to effectively protect whistleblowers.

Raiz names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA

The chief executive of Raiz Invest stepped down after nearly four years in the post and has been replaced by former Selfwealth chief Craig Keary.

What does a world with 'zero migration' look like?

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Oxford Economics hypothesised an extreme scenario of "zero migration" globally and found while destination economies would see significant declines in output per capita, origin economies would have modest gains.

Invesco, Trinetra IM strategies to wind up

KARREN VERGARA

After failing to scale, Invesco's True Balance Fund and Trinetra Investment Management's emerging markets strategy are set to wind up.

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