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US better positioned to deliver strong returns: UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2024
... itself in a real slump. It's fighting deflation, property prices and construction are down around 30-40%, and that is GFC proportions." Pearce said it took a lot for other nations to work their way back up after the GFC, with stimulus measures that ...

Why this fundie sees the economy making a hard landing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... 1.5% annual real GDP growth in 2023, Australia experienced its third worst annual reading in 30 years, worse than during the GFC, but ahead of the 2000 post-tech bubble. The biggest clue on the direction of consumer health and spending, and therefore ...

Cash rate unchanged at 4.35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... Long-term yields - a strong predictor for expected returns over the long-term - are now back at a level last seen before the GFC in 2008. This has raised our expected returns for global bonds to 4.5% to 5.5% annualised over the next decade, almost 3% ...

Small-cap shares set to soar: Flinders

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
... Macdougall discussed the significant downturn small caps have experienced - the biggest since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). "For almost two years now, small caps have underperformed large caps, and for the most part this has come down to poor investor ...

How this budget was built

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... back into positive territory following 2022 being negative and among the worst they've been for fund members since the GFC, taxes paid by super funds have collapsed almost two-thirds from $27 billion in 2021-22 to just $9.6 billion in 22-23. Super ...

Fund selectors insulating portfolios, embrace active management: Natixis IM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
... turning point for income-orientated investors, the survey said. Following a period of historically low interest rates since the GFC, many investors turned to higher-risk alternative investments in search of yield. But recent bond allocation calls indicate ...

Australia survives global pension rout

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
Amid the largest drop in global pension assets since the GFC, Australian super funds held steady with lower bond allocations and Super Guarantee flows. Global pension assets had their largest annual decline since the GFC, dropping 16.7% to $47.9 trillion ...

Reporting season may prove dramatic: UBS

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
... UBS readings on the almost completed US results season where the ratio of Q4 beats neared a post Global Financial Crisis (GFC) low. "Extra focus will likely be on companies that provide insights into the rapidly evolving Aussie consumer and or housing ...

Australian equities to outperform in 2023: VanEck

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... rescue economic growth. "The Australian resources sector could be a major beneficiary of this investment, as it was during the GFC. The reopening of a country with 1.4 billion residents offers investment opportunities, particularly within Australian ...

Link Group appoints chief financial officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2022
... infrastructure projects, the integration of acquired businesses and led the regional implementation of regulatory reform post the GFC across ANZ's Asia Pacific. Scott has also held roles representing Arthur Anderson in providing audit and consulting ...
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