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Macquarie breaks into top 50 fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
... the value of their assets drop 14% to US$113.7 trillion at the end of 2022, the largest fall since the Global Financial Crisis. The fall in the equity and bond markets prompted managers to shift their weightings to alternative investments, increasing ...

Largest pension funds see drop in assets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
... year," WTW said. "The latest drop is also faster than a 12.6% annual fall in 2008, at the time of the global financial crisis. Until now, the 2008 fall had been the fastest annual decline recorded in the 20 years of the study." The UK had some of the ...

Global wealth to rise 38% by 2027: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023
... last year. According to the report, 2022 recorded the first fall in net global household wealth since the global financial crisis of 2008. Total net private wealth fell by $17.6 trillion to $709.4 trillion at the year. Wealth per adult at the end of ...

Vanguard reveals the premier asset class of the last 30 years

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... Chart. Despite major global upheavals, including the COVID-pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the Global Financial Crisis, Australian shares have delivered an average annual return of 9.2% over the past 30 years. Vanguard Australia head of financial ...

Commercial property deals stuck at 2011 levels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023
... entrenched. Overall volumes haven't seen declines of this magnitude since the slump induced by the Global Financial Crisis. Still, in times like these opportunities are out there, but only at the right price and that's the biggest sticking point ...

Equity managed funds in record outflows: Calastone

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... risen from 3.1% to 4% in three months. "Fixed income funds have not looked so attractive since before the Global Financial Crisis. At the same time, the recession fears stalking equity and property markets are making investors nervous," Walker said. ...

UBS completes landmark Credit Suisse acquisition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... completed its acquisition of Credit Suisse, marking the end of the largest banking deal since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. UBS acquired the crisis-stricken Credit Suisse for US$3.2 billion, with support from Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial ...

Economists divided over cash rate decision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... stress in Q4 2022 was significantly higher than before the pandemic, only fractionally below the 2008 Global Financial Crisis peak. Lately, the index has been on the rise again. Current interest rate hikes have triggered cost-of-living pressures, though ...

US default risk: Are credit default swaps signalling trouble?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... severe market reaction with market volatility approaching or even exceeding levels observed during the 2008 global financial crisis," he said. "In such a scenario, we would anticipate that Congress would move quickly to resolve the situation; however ...

What you need to know about the 2023-24 budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... geopolitical tensions and the risk of global financial systems collapsing. "Outside of the pandemic and the Global Financial Crisis, the next two years are expected to be the weakest for global growth in over two decades. This will affect us here in ...