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Economic recap: Week to October 22

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... 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. We've been all witnesses to half-a-century low unemployment rates across many nations ...

Economic recap: Week to October 8

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
... that followed, had largely consigned stagflation to baby boomers' memories. Even more so after the global financial crisis, when years of stronger growth and record low unemployment rates failed to significantly lift inflation (low-flation). Case ...

Adviser overwhelm explained

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... future to the ASIC funding levy." Anderson concluded that he is concerned a Black Swan event, such as the global financial crisis or product crash, and how costs of this would flow through to the advice industry. The AFA and Anderson therefore want to ...

Wayne Swan to chair Cbus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... superannuation is more important than ever. "Just as superannuation played a vital role in responding to the global financial crisis, so too will it play a vital role in our pandemic recovery," Swan said. "Not only does superannuation allow working Australians ...

Maritime Super criticises unfair YFYS test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... its approach. "We had a strategy in place that was more defensive for our MySuper members, and when the Global Financial Crisis hit and 25% of members went to cash, that showed us that we had to be very conscious of liquidity management," he explains. ...

WaveStone co-founder retires

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
... manager. Also in 2014, the fund manager launched the WaveStone Wholesale Australian Share Fund. During the Global Financial Crisis, Allfrey told Financial Standard that like many fund managers WaveStone was hit hard. Challenger's Fidante Partners ...

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 ...

State Super rejigs defensives

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... many funds turned to all sorts of instruments inside cash allocations," Livanas said, referring to the Global Financial Crisis. "We are in a similar environment now where cash is not presenting itself with types of returns [it used to]. Unlike other ...

Keep COVID-19 in perspective: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... chart demonstrating the growth of global GDP every two years since 1940. It showed that World War Two, the Global Financial Crisis and COVID-19 were the only worldwide recessions in that period. Ruthven said it was government reactions to COVID-19, rather ...

Chief economist update: Be afraid of inflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... between 2017 and 2019 and when then Fed chair Janet Yellen announced the first interest rate hike since the global financial crisis of 2009 in December 2016. These countermeasures kept reversed inflation expectations and kept measured inflation within ...