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Future Fund risk aversion not at historic levels

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... has been lower than it is now. Understand, it was the lowest in its initial years as it held on to investing during and post GFC. For example, from 2015 to 2018, it gradually reduced the portfolio's risk to moderately below normal level, as expected ...

Challenger raising $300m, to add IG bonds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... compelling risk adjusted returns. Illiquidity premiums are attractive," it said, adding that it captured similar opportunities post GFC to expand its return on equity. Challenger's life business is targeting normalised, pre-tax, ROE of about 14.25% ...

Industry funds pulled back to the pack

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... funds which remain after any further mergers and exits would face a more engaged membership with greater needs. "Like the post GFC era, members previously close to retirement may no longer be able to do so and will be looking for security of income once ...

Ord Minnett chief resigns

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... a strong position, one that is envied by peers", and recognised the chief for growing its wealth management business post GFC. Gunning "has overseen the transition of Ords from a traditional broking business to a wealth management business that now manages ...

Suncorp appoints new wealth CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... before that. Suncorp chief executive Michael Cameron said Carter "has played a pivotal role in repositioning the bank post GFC including the implementation of an industry-leading banking platform and driving Advanced Accreditation." Along with Carter's ...

Four pillars policy is killing innovation: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... (GFC) because it prevented major players to merge with each other. "But the unintended consequences of the policy in a post GFC environment have been deep vertical and horizontal integration," CIFR research fellow Rob Nicholls said. "Arguably the four ...

Findex appoints head of investment research

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... presenting a Findex house view on corporate governance and compliance," he said. "These areas become very significant in a post GFC world and he will follow through integrating this across all our platforms, SOAs, MDAs and brokerage services."

Advice insto ownership steps up post GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
One-quarter of financial advisers are in licensees that have changed ownership since the GFC and 80% of affected advisers have gone into advice groups owned by the big six bancassurance groups, reveals the 2013 Rainmaker Financial Planning Report. "The ...

Omega bullish on sovereign investing

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... ago, sovereign debt from major developed nations was considered about as low-risk as you could get," noted McCrum. "But post GFC, experience shows us that some of those assumptions no longer apply. The challenge for investors is how to make decisions ...

Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... commodity prices and in the absence of further Chinese stimulus (which arguably did more than all the endogenous stimuli post GFC), it's hard to see how GDP growth can return to the mean trend of pre-GFC years." Yes, very convincing indeed... at the ...
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